Jakarta, March 22 (Antara) - The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the
fourth largest electoral contestant in the 2009 legislative elections,
has set itself to become one of the Big Three parties in the April 9
legislative elections next month.
"The result of our internal survey is encouraging, so we are convinced
that we can achieve the big three target," PKS President Anis Matta said
when campaigning in Lampung Province on Saturday.
Based on national surveys, PKS has returned to a position in which it
could receive a large number of votes, and the past two months has seen
an increase in its electability across the country, the PKS President
said.
According to Anis, PKS, which won 7.88 percent of the votes and secured
57 parliamentary seats in the 2009 legislative election, is determined
to increase its seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) to 115 in
this year's elections.
He reiterated that his goal in leading PKS is to become one of the Big
Three political parties in this year's elections.
PKS faction chairman in the DPR, Hidayat Nur Wahid, said last January
that his faction will ensure the victory of PKS through its efforts.
Hidayat said his party had targeted to win 115 seats in parliament and
become one of the Big Three. "We will seek ways to increase the seats to
over 100," he was quoted by tribunnews.com as saying last January 28.
There are 12 national political parties that are campaigning to win the
votes of about 185.8 million eligible voters in the upcoming
legislative elections on April 9.
However, PKS will need to build a coalition, even if it wins 115 seats of the 560 seat at stake in the parliament.
Anis
Matta said PKS will join with other political parties, even it wins 20
percent of the votes, which would allow it to nominate its own
presidential candidate.
"PKS
must join with others because Indonesia is a big country. It is
impossible for us to have no coalition. Although it has the 'boarding
pass', PKS will remain in need of a coalition," Anis said on the
sidelines of PKS campaign rallies in Lampung Province on Saturday.
He added that all political parties were aware of the need to join
together, but this could only be decided after the results of the April 9
legislative elections have been announced.
"The legislative elections will decide the political map. PKS will talk
about presidential candidates after the results of the legislative
elections have been made clear," Anis Matta asserted. He further stated
that his party was open to join with any political party.
Regarding the cadre PKS will nominate as a presidential candidate, PKS
Deputy Secretary General Mahfudz Siddiq said the Advisory Board of PKS
was still deliberating the results of PKS' recent internal selection
(Pemira). However, there is no guarantee that names being deliberated by
the advisory board will automatically be nominated as a presidential
and vice presidential candidate.
"We still have to wait for the results of the legislative elections. We
cannot decide it right now. Yet, we have already had three names," on
Wednesday.
Through the Pemira, PKS recorded its former president Hidayat Nur Wahid
as securing 55.67 percent, followed by PKS President Anis Matta (48.15
percent), West Java Governor Ahmad Heryawan (46.014 percent),
Communications and Informatics Minister Tiffatul Sembiring (31.714
percent) and former PKS president Nur Mahmudi Ismail (20.42 percent).
PKS chose to accept three of them, particularly those on the top of the
list, for public evaluations by the advisory board and by surveys to
see their electability level. Mahdudz said the final decision would be
made after the announcement of the April 9 legislative election results.
"It
is the advisory board that will determine (the candidate) after the
results of the elections are known," Hidayat Nur Wahid said on the
sidelines of PKS campaign in Cilandak, South Jakarta, on Friday.
Right now, three figures are competing for the nomination, including
party president Anis Matta, West Java governor Ahmad Heryawan and
himself, he added.
He elaborated, saying if Ahmad Heryawan is able to receive significant
votes in West Java, or if Anis Matta could garner a high number of votes
nationally, then that will be one of the factors that will be used to
determine their candidacies.
"That is what we call a public test phase. Besides that, we will also
use survey results to determine the correct figure," he added.
He pointed out that PKS will only nominate a presidential candidate if
the party is able to collect a minimum of 10 percent of the total votes
in the legislative elections.
Based on the election law, only a party or a group of parties that
receive 25 percent of the total votes in the elections, or secure a
minimum of 20 percent of the parliamentary seats, is allowed to nominate
its own presidential and vice presidential candidates.
Twelve national political parties will participate in legislative
elections on April 9, while three local parties in Aceh will be on the
ballots in the local electorate.
PKS, in the last general elections in 2009, finished fourth, collecting
7.88 percent of the votes following the Democrat Party, Golkar Party
and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP).
A number of political parties have declared their presidential hopefuls to vie in the July 9 presidential race.
The
Golkar Party has nominated its general chairman, Aburizal Bakri, as its
presidential candidate, while the Great Indonesia Movement Party
(Gerindra) named its chief patron, Prabowo Subianto, and PDIP selected
its cadre, Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo, or Jokowi as he is popularly
called.
The ruling Democrat Party has not yet announced its presidential
candidate, but has been organizing a presidential convention to select
one.
The 12 electoral parties to take part in the upcoming elections include
the National Democratic Party (Nasdem), the National Awakening Party
(PKB), the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the Indonesian Democratic
Party Struggle (PDIP), the Golkar Party (Golkar), and the Great
Indonesia Movement (Gerindra).
The line-up also includes the Democratic Party (Demokrat), the National
Mandate Party (PAN), the United Development Party (PPP), the People's
Conscience Party (Hanura), the Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the
Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI).***1***
(T.A014/INE/B003)
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