22 Political Parties Will File Lawsuit

VIVAnews - The forum of 22 parties who had decided to file a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the parliamentary threshold has come to a consensus on who would file the lawsuit to the Constitutional Court. The lawsuit is planned to be filed this week.

As previously reported, 22 political parties had decided to file a lawsuit to challenge the constitutionality of the parliamentary threshold set by the Law on General Elections. The current law states that parties participating in the 2009 elections whose votes are less than 2.5 percent of total votes nationwide cannot obtain any seats in the parliament.

Head of Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Patra M. Zen, told VIVAnews on Monday, Nov. 24, that there are three parties that have been chosen as plaintiffs: first, general director and secretary-general of each party; second, legislative candidates that have been entered into the fixed candidates list; and third, party members.

According to Patra, the consensus was reached recently during a meeting at the Democratic Renewal Party (PDP)’s headquarters.  The coordinator of the 22 parties is Roy BB Janis, acting chairman of National Collective Board of PDP.

One of the parties that feel disadvantaged by the current legal provision is a new party, the Clerics’ National Awakening Party (PKNU). According to the party’s legal representative, Solichin, the provision is discriminatory against new parties who join the 2009 General Elections. Secretary-General of National Sun Party (PMB), Ahmad Rofiq, holds the same opinion.

Translated by: Ramona Sofianne Dewi

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