2009 ELECTIONS
‘Not Neo-Nazis’
New political parties demand that the 2.5 percent parliamentary threshold be scratched.
September 9, 2008
THE new monster is called parliamentary threshold. Those who feel scared are a number of new parties to take part in the 2009 General Elections. It requires participants in the next year’s general election to attain at least 2.5 percent of total votes. If not, the party will not be allowed to take part in the following elections. More than that, they will not even get a single seat in the House of Representatives (DPR)—although in several reg
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