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The Presidential Threshold Design in Indonesia’s Electoral System: In Search of “Win-Win Situation” Among Unfinished Debates

Authors
Ridho Al-Hamdi1, *, Tanto Lailam2, Sakir3
1,3Department of Government Affairs and Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Corresponding Author: ridhoalhamdi@umy.ac.id
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Ridho Al-Hamdi
Available Online 3 January 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211227.050How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Presidential threshold; Indonesian election; embedded democracy; a win-win situation
Abstract

This paper attempts to design a relevant presidential threshold system in Indonesia’s presidential election as a “win-win situation” in achieving the desirable consolidated democracy. It is an unfinished debate, mainly among the Electoral Management Bodies (EMBs), political parties, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) activists, scholars, even society. Methodologically, it is qualitative research by applying the multiple case approach. To collect data, it applied a Focus Group Discussion (FGD) with the EMBs, political parties, NGOs, and scholars in five selected provinces and seven selected cities/regencies. The finding demonstrates that by employing a SWOT analysis, the negative presidential threshold trends dominate over the positive trends. The high percentage of the presidential threshold tends to have no compatibility with the embedded democracy framework. Thus, the removal of the application of the presidential threshold is appropriate for Indonesia’s presidential election. As an alternative solution, the presidential candidate is nominated by political parties that succeeded in surpassing the parliamentary threshold with two prerequisites: a maximum of 4% for the parliamentary threshold and the absence of simultaneous elections.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Innovation Track Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICSIHESS 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
3 January 2021
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10.2991/assehr.k.211227.050
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
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