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VIVAnews - Discourse increased parliamentary threshold (minimum threshold of votes in the parliamentary party) continues to reap the criticism. Indonesia's political system is considered not yet received parliamentary threshold (PT) equal to 5 percent.

"The desire to increase PT is just arrogance and selfishness attitudes large parties who want to enjoy more power," said the Coordinating Committee of Voters of Indonesia, Jeirry Sumampouw, in a written statement Saturday, June 12, 2010.

According to him, in a transitional political context as it is now, it could raise PT dangerous. Because, increased PT may lead to the emergence of a political cartel.

"That could lead to an authoritarian system of government who," he said in a written message received VIVAnews.

Indonesian society, continued Jeirry, still traumatized by the New Order period in which only allows three political parties as participants in the election. And according to him, with a three-party politics have become so easily co-opted by the government.

"There are some negative implications if the PT rose to 5 percent. The first one will continue to suffer losses are the people," he said.

PT settings have in Election Law. The current rule is that only 2.5 percent of the party which won a vote of at least 2.5 percent can sit in parliament.

DPR plans to revise the rules of this period was to raise it, so that the new force in the election later in 2014.