The National Unity Forum (FPN), which comprises 17 small political parties with votes less then the parliamentary threshold, says it will file a judicial review should a new bill pass into law.
“We have serious issues with the bill. This kind of bill will destroy our democracy. We need to do something about it,” FPN secretary general Didik Supriyanto said Wednesday.
Didik said among the objections was a provision that states that the parliamentary threshold would be 2.5 percent in order for political parties to be able to seat a representative at the House of Representatives.
“It’s very obvious that the whole debate on the parliamentary threshold is aimed at preventing small parties like us from growing. We will ask the Constitutional Court to annul it,” he said.
He said another objection was a clause in the bill that states that parties must have branches in 75 percent of existing provinces.
“For a small party, this is almost impossible to implement,” he said.
As many as 16 small parties created the FPN in order to balance the country’s political party situation. Osman Sapta, chair of the Regional Unity Party (PPD), is the forum’s speaker while Didik, who is a member of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP), is the forum’s secretary-general.
The FPN has no representatives in the House but does have dozens of legislators in local government bodies.
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