The Regional Unity Party ( id, Partai Persatuan Daerah) was a

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

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. The party was founded as a result of the reforms to the

People's Consultative Assembly The People's Consultative Assembly of the Republic of Indonesia ( id, Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat Republik Indonesia, MPR-RI) is the legislative branch in Politics of Indonesia, Indonesia's political system. It is composed of the membe ...

, Indonesia's supreme law-making body which used to consist of the elected

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plus members appointed from the regions and functional groups. When these unelected members were removed in 1999 after the first democratic elections following the

fall of Suharto Suharto resigned as President of Indonesia on 21 May 1998 following the collapse of support for his 32-year long presidency. Vice President B. J. Habibie took over the presidency. Suharto's grip on power weakened following severe economic and ...

, several regional representatives' led by Oesman Sapta, tried to reestablish the Regional Representatives Faction. The members of this faction took the view that the elected

Regional Representatives Council The Regional Representative Council ( id, Dewan Perwakilan Daerah, DPD; alternatively translatable as the House of Regions or the House of Regional Representatives or the Senate of Indonesia), is one of two parliamentary chambers in Indonesi ...

, which replaced the unelected members of the People's Consultative Assembly, would not be effective as it was too small. They therefore decided to establish a political party to represent the interests of the regions. In the 2004 legislative elections, the party won 0.6% of the popular vote and no seats in the

. It contested the

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, but won only 0.53 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, and once again was awarded no seats in the

.''Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004-2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004-2009'' Kompas (1999) pp164-166 The party's program included support for free education and healthcare the eradication of corruption, particularly in Papua,

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and

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. Following its poor result in the 2009 vote, the party joined nine other smaller parties to form the National Unity Party ( id, Partai Persatuan Nasional).

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