Golkar Still Considering New Scheme for Presidential Candidate Nominations After Presidential Threshold Abolished

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Ahmad Irawan, a member of the DPR Commission II from the Golkar faction, said that his party is also considering the requirement for presidential and vice-presidential candidates to be supported by parties in the DPR.

The Presidential Threshold (PT) of 20 percent was recently abolished by the Constitutional Court (MK).

"Golkar itself is still weighing this proposal while exploring alternative forms of constitutional engineering," Irawan told Kompas.com on Sunday (20/9/2026).

"Because every electoral system is interconnected, such as political party registration, electoral participant requirements, candidate requirements, and so on," he added.

Irawan explained that legislators have room to conduct constitutional engineering.

He acknowledged that the proposal from Nasdem’s Chairman Surya Paloh—that presidential candidates must have support from at least two parties in the DPR—is one form of constitutional engineering currently being discussed.

"Various ideas and concepts are being examined and refined from constitutional, technical implementation, and policy goal perspectives," Irawan added.

Surya Paloh Hears Proposal for Presidential Candidates to Have Support From at Least Two DPR Parties

Previously, Nasdem Party Chairman Surya Paloh said he heard a new discourse on the mechanism for nominating presidential candidates following the MK’s abolition of the 20 percent presidential threshold.

The discourse regulates that support for presidential and vice-presidential candidates must come from at least two parties holding seats in the DPR.

"I heard clear input that the model change for presidential support is based on support from at least two factions," Surya Paloh said when met at Nasdem Tower, Jakarta, on Saturday (19/9/2026).

According to Paloh, the proposal is a good idea and worthy of consideration.

This is because such provision will still produce significant voter support if the parliamentary threshold is set high.

"In my opinion, it’s good. It’s basically the same. Two factions, if the parliamentary threshold is high, their votes are also high," Paloh said.