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PPP banks on law revision to rebid for House seat in 2029
The Muslim-based party is banking on the planned revision to the 2017 General Elections Law, particularly the provision on the 4 percent electoral threshold, for a chance to rejoin the legislature in 2029, but a BRIN analyst says it has a steep uphill climb ahead.
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Muhamad Mardiono (left), acting chair of the United Development Party (PPP), speaks on May 22, 2024 at the PPP headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, during a press briefing on the party's response to the Constitutional Court's decision on its election petitions. The court rejected all 18 petitions the party had filed, eliminating its chance to hold a seat at the House of Representatives for the next five years. (Antara/Erlangga Bregas Prakoso)
The United Development Party (PPP) is pinning its hopes of reclaiming a seat at the House of Representatives in a planned revision of the General Elections Law, after the Constitutional Court dismissed the 18 petitions it had filed to challenge the results of this year’s legislative elections.
The court recently dismissed all election petitions the Muslim-based party had filed in a bid to overturn its loss and retain its House seats. The PPP won 3.9 percent of nationwide votes in the legislative elections on Feb. 14, just 0.1 percentage point short of the 4 percent electoral threshold to gain seats in the national legislature.
The Constitutional Court justices said the party had failed to convincingly explain in detail how and where the incorrect tallying of votes occurred.
PPP secretary-general Arwani Thomafi said the party was disappointed, though it appreciated the court’s decision.
“Until the General Elections Commission [KPU] declares [the official results], we will fight at every stage, which is our right as a political party and citizens according to the principles of democracy and the Constitution,” Arwani said recently.
He emphasized that the PPP was placing all its hopes in the revision of the 2017 General Elections Law, as the Constitutional Court had instructed in its decision, especially the provision on the 4 percent electoral threshold.
Arwani was referring to the court’s separate ruling in a petition for judicial review filed in late February by the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem), which requested that the electoral threshold be revised in the General Elections Law.
