VIVAnews - A forum of 22 political parties will file a lawsuit over the constitutionality of the parliamentary threshold set by the Law on General Elections to the Constitutional Court on Thursday, Nov 20. They will dispute the current law stating that parties participating in the 2009 elections whose votes are less than 2.5 percent of total voters nationwide cannot have obtain any seats in the parliament.
One of the plaintiffs is the United Regional Party (PPD). Head of PPD Women Movement, Ratna Tobing, said that the administration process of the lawsuit is already at the final phase. "By 20th November 2008, it will have been processed. Latest 25th November 2008 ," she told VIVAnews last Tuesday, Nov 18.
The last phase referred to is the lawsuit strategy. Ratna said to have a strong case, the lawsuit has to represent three categories of plaintiffs: political parties, legislative candidates and voters.
According to Ratna, the lawsuit has included the three categories. "Because the List of Fixed Voters was only issued in October 2008. Therefore, an eletoral region should have at least one legislative candidate. Each candidate is supported by 10 people. That's already representation," she said.
Hopefully everything will be settled this week, said Ratna. Then, the forum will officially delegate the matter to Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) as their legal representative. Afterwards, the case will be submitted to the Constitutional Court. PPD will be the forum coordinator of 22 parties that are filing the lawsuit.
Translated by: Bonardo Maulana W., Ramona Sofianne Dewi.
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