Indonesian Justice and Unity Party

Not to be confused with Prosperous Justice Party.
Justice and Unity Party
Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan
AbbreviationPKP
General ChairmanYussuf Solichien
Secretary-GeneralSyahrul Mamma
Founded
  • 15 December 1998; 25 years ago (1998-12-15) (as PKP, original)
  • 2 September 2002; 22 years ago (2002-09-02) (as PKPI)
  • 2 September 2021; 3 years ago (2021-09-02) (as PKP, rename)
Split fromGolkar
HeadquartersJakarta
Membership (2022)553,594[1]
IdeologyPancasila
Indonesian nationalism[2]
Secularism[2]
Political positionCentre
National affiliationOnward Indonesia Coalition
The party's logo in the 1999 election.

The Justice and Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan, abbreviated as PKP) formerly known as Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan Indonesia, abbreviated as PKPI) is a political party in Indonesia.

The party was founded as the Justice and Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan, PKP) on 15 December 1998 / 15 January 1999 as a split from Golkar Party.[3][4] According to PKP leaders, particularly retired General and first party president Edi Sudrajat,[3] PKP's leader, Golkar was insufficiently cooperative with reform movements then active.[4] The PKP also argued that Golkar's attitude toward Pancasila and the original 1945 constitution threatened the unity of Indonesia.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7][8]

The party opposes the International Monetary Fund and privatization. Its main support is concentrated in North Sumatra, West Java and Central Java.[9] It did not qualify for the 2024 election.[10] The party is connected to the Indonesian National Armed Forces.[2]

  1. ^ "Info Pemilu - Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan". Komisi Pemilihan Umum RI. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Bulkin, Nadia (October 24, 2013). "Indonesia's Political Parties". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  3. ^ a b Ananta, Aris; Arifin, Evi Nurvidya; Suryadinata, Leo (2005). Emerging Democracy in Indonesia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. p. 26. ISBN 981-230-323-5.
  4. ^ a b "Wajah 48 partai peserta Pemilu 1999: Nomor 41: Partai Keadilan dan Persatuan (PKP)" (in Indonesian). Kompas. 12 March 1999. Archived from the original on 2017-09-14. Retrieved 2018-03-31 – via Seasite.niu.edu (Southeast Asian languages, literatures and cultures).
  5. ^ Who's who in Indonesia's political arena (1999). p. 277.
  6. ^ Setiawan, Bambang; Bestian, Nainggolan, eds. (2004). Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004–2009 [Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004–2009] (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kompas. p. 193. ISBN 979-709-121-X.
  7. ^ Indonesian General Election Commission website[permanent dead link‍] Official Election Results
  8. ^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
  9. ^ Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, p.31
  10. ^ Rozie, Fachrur (19 November 2022). "KPU Putuskan PKP dan 4 Partai Lainnya Tak Lolos Administrasi Pemilu 2024". liputan6.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 5 April 2023.