Commission II of the DPR said he was still looking for the best formula for the election system

Jakarta – Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives Commission II, Zulfikar Ass Sadikin, said his party is currently looking for a good alternative election system. Ass said the DPR continued to open the space to find the best formula for the election system in Indonesia. “We are making material for the study. We are indeed looking for an alternative election system that is better for Indonesia. It increases our study material,” Ass said after the Hikmah and Public Policy Trial (LHKP) of the Muhammadiyah Central Leadership in the parliament complex, Senayan, Jakarta, Friday (19/9/2025). During the meeting, Muhammadiyah conveyed the proposal of the reform of the election system entitled ‘The Middle School of the Legislative Election System in Indonesia: Wasathiyah’s idea offer’. Browse to continue with the content according to him, the proposal is a good idea. He also said he would review the proposal. “This proposal is interesting. It will be reviewed first. Later we will deepen again,” he said. Meanwhile, chairman of the LHKP PP Muhammadiyah Ridho Al Hamdi assessed that it was important to find new breakthroughs amid a long debate between the open proportional system (OLPR) and proportional (CLPR). He acknowledged that both systems did indeed have weaknesses and strengths of each. “Both have benefits as well as weaknesses. We need a middle road so that democracy is not held by this extreme attraction as hostage,” Ridho said. It is known, in 1955-2004, Indonesia used a closed proportional system. Then, in 2009, the election system in Indonesia became an open proportional. According to Ridho, an open system is better than a closed system. However, he said, it still cannot be separated from the fundamental weakness. “Money politics, poor party institutions, so that elite interventions cannot be declared merely by the election system,” he explained. Therefore, his party also proposed a moderate list of proportional representation (MLPR) or a proportional system of moderate lists as a middle ground. He said this system accommodates party power as well as candidates, with voters getting the option to choose parties, candidates or both. It is then suggested that the parliamentary threshold in the region of 2.5-3 percent is lower than 4 percent at this time. It is true that the voices of the people are not wasted. “The 4 percent threshold is too high. In the 2019 election, more than 21 million votes were scorched. This middle road system could reduce wasted voice,” he explained. According to him, the MLPR system may be an evaluation space for political parties to map the power of their support base. In addition, the simulation shows that this system is more fair in the distribution of DPR seats than CLPR. “If the by -law is weak, the organizer recruiting has problems, and the political culture of money is considered normal, then any system will not be effective. Therefore, this middle -way system must match the reform of regulations and election management,” he said. (AMW/AZH)