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PDI-P offers to act as ‘partner’ to government

Yerica Lai (The Jakarta Post)
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PDI-P offers to act as ‘partner’ to government Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri (center) and secretary-general Hasto Kristiyanto (left) salutes the red-and-white flag during the 79th Independence Day flag ceremony aat the party's building in Jakarta on Aug. 17, 2024. (Antara/Monang Sinaga)
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he Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) will play the role of “strategic partner” to the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and will work in support of its programs, party politicians have said, dashing hopes for a strong opposition.

The PDI-P had been widely expected to take up an opposition role following its public falling-out with former president Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, a one-time party member who tacitly supported Prabowo and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, Jokowi’s eldest son, in last year’s presidential election.

But PDI-P politician Pramono Anung, who is also Jakarta’s governor-elect, said the party would build a strategic partnership with the Prabowo administration and would support its work despite not being part of the government.

Bu Megawati also suggested that [the party] will look after the current government well," Pramono, a former cabinet secretary under Jokowi’s presidency, told reporters on Sunday, as quoted by kompas.com.

"Despite [the PDI-P] not being in the cabinet, we will certainly be a good strategic partner for the future development of Indonesia," Pramono said.

Highlighting Megawati’s belief in gotong royong (mutual cooperation) as the foundation of the national ideology Pancasila, PDI-P executive Ahmad Basarah said the party would formally remain “outside the government” but had pledged to support the programs of Prabowo.

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Basarah said that several days before Prabowo’s inauguration in October 2024, he had been sent by Megawati to relay a message on the PDI-P’s stance on the incoming administration to Gerindra Party secretary-general Ahmad Muzani to be carried on to Prabowo.

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