Jakarta – Six mid-tier political parties formed a coalition in an effort to stop the government's proposal to set a legislative threshold in the 2014 election to 4 to 5 percent during the election bill amendment. The coalition is named as the Middle Axis political grouping.

Consisting of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), National Awakening Party (PKB), United development Party (PPP), the Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), and the People's Conscience Party (Hanura), the parties aim to set the threshold at three percent because they believe that the five percent limit will threaten their existence in the upcoming election.

National Mandate Party representative Viva Yoga Mauladi saw the increased legislative threshold as unconstitutional because it was not in line with the proportional system.

"The higher the threshold limit, the more votes will be uncounted because the votes could not be converted into seats. It will distance the election from the proportionality value," Viva said, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Revisions of the election law are currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives. One item being discussed as a potential amendment is a decrease in the legislative threshold, which would allow a party to enter the House with representation of 2.5 percent.