Hanura No Longer Wants to Debate Parliamentary Threshold Amount, Focuses on Preparing for 2029 Election

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Hanura Party has chosen to fully focus on preparing for the 2029 Election instead of getting bogged down in discussions about the parliamentary threshold, which remains a topic in the ongoing revision of the Election Law.

Patrice Rio Capella, the head of the Task Force and Deputy Secretary General of Hanura, stated that his party respects various proposed percentages for the parliamentary threshold circulating among political elites.

“What we all hold onto is when it is decided as law. That is the final word. It’s not just discourse shared by some council members and party chairpersons,” Rio said in a written statement on Tuesday (20/10/2026).

“But today, Hanura does not want to linger in discussions about a 4, 5, 6, or 7 percent threshold. We are more focused on preparing for the 2029 election,” he continued.

Rio emphasized that Hanura will adhere to constitutional products.

However, he noted that the electoral regulations set in the future must not contradict decisions made by the Constitutional Court (MK).

“Hanura is very obedient to any constitutional products, as long as they do not conflict with MK decisions. If they contravene MK decisions, then there will definitely be a judicial review submitted to the MK,” Rio stated.

According to Rio, Hanura's chance of passing into the House of Representatives depends on the party's seriousness in preparing itself and strengthening its political machinery.

“We are confident that if we seriously undertake this, then the 4 percent threshold is quite small,” Rio remarked.

To strengthen its political machinery, Hanura aims to establish at least 10 cadres in every village and sub-district from around 83,000 villages and sub-districts in Indonesia.

Therefore, the party targets to create 830,000 cadres.

Rio stressed that this target is not merely about enrolling holders of resident ID cards as party members, but rather building cadres who are part of Hanura's organizational structure.

“So it’s not just about taking ID card holders and making them members; that’s not it,” he said.

Additionally, Rio mentioned that Hanura's Chairman, Oesman Sapta Odang (OSO), has urged all cadres to work hard, maintain solidarity, and seriously establish the party structure.

According to Rio, strengthening structure and organizational solidarity is part of Hanura's efforts to achieve political targets for the 2029 Election.