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andung: The Independent People`s Union Party (SRI) Party is to cooperate with another political party officially recognized as a legal entity in order to take part in the 2014 general election, one of its leaders says.

The strategy was to be pursued after SRI Party did not pass the “verification” test at the Law and Human Rights Ministry, SRI Party leader Wimar Witoelar said.

“Although we didn’t pass the ministry`s verification test, I am convinced, and God willing, we will survive the verification test by the General Elections Commission (KPU) and be able to participate in the 2014 polls,” he said at a public discussion at the Indonesia Menggugat building here on Saturday.

“We will cooperate with another party that has an officially recognized legal entity status based on 2004 regulations but that has no members and no executive board,” Wimar was quoted by Antara news agency.

Asked to identify the party with which SRI Party intended to collaborate, he said he was not yet in a position to name it. “But we have several options.”

One of the agendas of the SRI Party in the 2014 elections would be nominating former finance minister Sri Mulyani for the presidency, Wimar added.

Wimar, who served as the official spokesman of Indonesia`s fourth president, the late Abdurrahman Wahid, at the discussion, also denounced accusations that were once publicly leveled at Sri Mulyani and Boediono over the Bank Century bailout.

“All the stories that discredited Sri Mulyani and Boediono including those in relation with the Bank Century case were fabricated, “ he said.