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View all search resultsPDI-P aims to garner 27 percent of the vote for 2014 elections
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) set a high vote and seat target for the 2014 elections
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To the presidency and beyond: Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri (center), accompanied by her daughter Puan Maharani (second from right) â who is also PDI-P faction head at the House of Representatives â and Jakarta Governor Joko âJokowiâ Widodo (second from left), during the closing ceremony for the partyâs national meeting at Eco Park, Ancol, Jakarta, on Sunday. (JP/Jerry Adiguna) (PDI-P) chair Megawati Soekarnoputri (center), accompanied by her daughter Puan Maharani (second from right) â who is also PDI-P faction head at the House of Representatives â and Jakarta Governor Joko âJokowiâ Widodo (second from left), during the closing ceremony for the partyâs national meeting at Eco Park, Ancol, Jakarta, on Sunday. (JP/Jerry Adiguna)
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) set a high vote and seat target for the 2014 elections.
PDI-P central board chairperson, Puan Maharani, said that according to the results of the party's national meeting (Rakernas) held in Ancol, North Jakarta, from Sept. 6-8, PDIP was aiming to obtain over 20 percent of the vote at the 2014 legislative election. She said the target was appropriate.
'Concerning the target for the legislative election, the PDI-P is targeting 27.02 percent of votes or 152 seats at the House of Representatives,' said Puan when reading out the results of the Rakernas PDI-P in Ancol, Jakarta, on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com.
The head of PDI-P faction at the House asserted that such a high target was set because of the 2008 Presidental Election Law, which only allowed a party to nominate a presidential candidate if it garnered a minimum 20 percent of votes during the legislative election.
'The target was determined through a calculation that concerned several important variables,' Puan said.
The Rakernas PDI-P also decided that PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri would determine the president and vice president candidates.
The meeting agreed that 'the names of the president and vice president candidates will in line with the party's political dynamics and ideology'. (ebf)
