TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Constitutional law expert Refly Harun said he had proposed a system of general elections or election in Indonesia to use the system mixed proportional or mixed system. He made it known via his YouTube channel on Friday, December 30, 2022. How does this system work?
According Refly Haruna mixed system is an electoral system that combines two known electoral systems in the world, namely the system majority Or single neighborhood and a closed proportional system.
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“The proportion, for example, is the national proportion. So party leaders or activists can enter, but there are still attempts to escape in parliamentary threshold. They can’t relax ’cause if they don’t escape parliamentary threshold“The party cannot send representatives to parliament,” Refly said.
Refly said each electoral system has its own pros and cons. Open proportionality allows people to vote directly for the candidate of their choice, but fraud increases because costs and computational units increase.
Meanwhile, Closed Proportional is simpler because there are fewer computational units. However, political parties (political parties) can determine who passes and does not pass. Indeed, the order of choice is based on the proportional order proposed by each political party.
Refly said some parliamentarians do not approve of the system proportional closed because this system only makes candidates for the legislative elections saddle horses. It is almost certain that those who get the lower serial number will not get a seat.
Even so, Refly Harun pointed out that there is no absolute right or good electoral system, but it depends on the needs. He stressed the need to understand what the electoral system looks like, not to be fooled by the choice between proportional open or closed proportional.
Refly Harun said the increasingly complex electoral system opens greater opportunities for fraud. “The most important thing is that the elections are honest and fair,” he said.
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Also read: Here’s what the PDIP, PSI, PAN and Refly Harun say if a closed proportional system applies to the 2024 elections
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