Election Bill Deadlock, House Speaker: Do Not Pressure Jokowi
26 June 2017 13:42 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - House of Representative (DPR) Speaker, Setya Novanto, demand that political parties should not implicate President Jokowi in the Election Draft Bill (RUU) discussion. He argues that the Bill should only be discussed exclusively between political parties.
The urge to drag President Jokowi into the election draft bill discussion emerged following a deadlock in reaching a collective agreement regarding the presidential threshold. House members pushed for a meeting to take place between the President and political party leaders to conjure up a solution.
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Setya Novanto is sure that the problem can be immediately solved considering that non-formal meetings between President Jokowi and party leaders has taken place.
“We could discuss this together among political parties. We should not place pressure onto the President,”said Setya Novanto on Sunday, June 25.
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Several parties such as Golkar, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Nasdem together with the Government are pushing for a 20-25 percent Presidential threshold from the total election vote. Meanwhile, several other parties such as Democratic Party and Gerindra prefer it to be a zero percent presidential threshold.
AHMAD FAIZ
