The Indonesian Solidarity Party ( id, Partai Solidaritas Indonesia, abbreviated PSI) is a political party in

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that focuses on women's rights, pluralism, and Indonesian youth. It is led by

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. PSI endorsed incumbent President Joko Widodo for the 2019 election. On the evening of the 2019 general election, party leader Grace Natalie acknowledged that 'quick count' results indicated PSI had won only about 2% of the national vote and would therefore not be represented in the national parliament.

Background

Party leaders encourage Indonesian youths to engage in politics through local elections and Independence Day celebrations. The party uses

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and

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for campaigns, and uses hashtags such as #Merdeka100Persen (100 percent independent) on Independence Day and #KepoinPilkada (Get to know about local elections) for local elections. PSI's platform is solidarity and pluralism. The party claims that most of its members are youths. PSI sets strict criteria for its leaders, namely that they cannot have been in leadership positions in other parties previously and that the maximum age to hold a leadership position in PSI is 45, while most of its members are around 20–30 years old. The

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in February 2018 announced that PSI was eligible to contest the 2019 general election.

Ideology and positions

The PSI is social democratic. Some of its policies are to: * Ban

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practiced by public officials if elected into the parliament. * Oppose local regulations based on religion.

Legislatures

The party is currently represented only in regional legislatures ("Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Daerah"/DPRD) and not in the national

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. It currently seats representatives in the several provincial legislatures such as

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and

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, in addition to the municipal legislatures of a number of relatively large cities such as

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and

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Chairperson

Election results

Legislative election results

Presidential election results

''Note: Bold text suggests the party's member''

References

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