The Justice and Unity Party ( id, Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan, abbreviated as PKP) formerly known as Indonesian Justice and Unity Party ( id, Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia, abbreviated as PKPI) is a
political party
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in
Indonesia
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.
The party was founded as the Justice and Unity Party ( id, Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan, PKP) in December 1998 as a split from
Golkar
)
, foundation =
, youth = AMPG (Golkar Party Young Force)
, women = KPPG (Golkar Party Women's Corps)
, newspaper = '' Suara Karya'' (1971–2016)
, headquarters = Jakarta
, ideology ...
Party. According to PKP leaders, particularly retired General Edi Sudrajat, PKP's leader, Golkar was insufficiently cooperative with reform movements then active. The PKP also argued that Golkar's attitude toward
Pancasila and the original 1945 constitution threatened the unity of Indonesia.
[''Who's who in Indonesia's political arena'' (1999). p.277]
In the
1999 legislative elections, the party won 1.01% of the vote. This was not enough to qualify it to run in the following elections, so the party members established a new party under the current name. The party chairmanship remained in the hands of Edi Sudradjat. In the
2004 legislative elections, the party won 1.3% of the popular vote and 1 out of 550 seats.
[Bambang Setiawan & Bestian Nainggolan (Eds) (2004) ''Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009'' Kompas . p193] In the
2009 legislative election, the party won 0.9 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning that it lost its only seat in the
People's Representative Council
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.
The party opposes the
International Monetary Fund
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and
privatization
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. Its main support is concentrated in
North Sumatra
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,
West Java
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and
Central Java
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.
[''Tempo'' magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, p.31]
Election results
Legislative election results
Presidential election results
''Note: Bold text suggests the party's member''
References
Secularism in Indonesia
Pancasila political parties
Political parties established in 1998
Political parties in Indonesia
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