Jakarta, March 16 (Antara) - A total of 12 political parties at the
national level kicked off a 21-day nationwide campaigns on Sunday to win
the votes of 185.8 million voters in the April 9, 2014 legislative
elections.
On Saturday, leaders of the 12 political parties fielding candidates in
the 2014 legislative elections declared their commitment to maintaining
the security and integrity of the campaigns, to be carried out March 16
to April 5, 2014.
The declaration was read before the secretary general and seven
commissioners of the General Elections Commission (KPU,) as well as
hundreds of members of the political parties, at National Monument
Square (Monas).
During the campaign and election activities, the Jakarta Police will
deploy about 18,000 personnel to secure all activities.
"The Jakarta Police will field some 18,000 personnel to secure the
legislative elections. They will be stationed at all polling booths,"
Jakarta Police Spokesman Senior Commissioner Rikwanto said on Sunday.
On the political parties' campaigns in Jakarta on Sunday, Rikwanto said
that his office had received notifications for campaign activities from
a number of political parties.
He said that the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) will hold a campaign at
the Bung Karno Sports Complex with about 80,000 supporters, the
National Awakening Party (PKB) with 250 supporters while the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) would campaign at Teluk Pucung
Square with 10,000 supporters.
Besides that, Rikwanto said, a public debate on Sunday was also held by
Fahira Ifris, a Regional Representative Council (DPD)'s legislative
candidate at the Otista Youth Center, East Jakarta, with a number of
supporters of about 1,500 people.
The PDIP, which announced popular figure Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo
or Jokowi, as its presidential candidate, began its first-day campaign
in Jakarta, sending Jokowi to a number of historic places in the
capital city.
"Indonesia Great has begun. The nation's awakening also started from
this place," Effendi Simbolon, one of the PDIP campaigners, said during
the PDIP campaign with Joko Widodo at the National Awakening Museum in
Central Jakarta.
When campaigning at the 'Pancasila' building, in Jalan Pejambon, Jokowi read the text of state Ideology Pancasila.
PDIP General Chairperson Megawai Soekarnoputri, who is also Indonesia's
fifth president, meanwhile is scheduled to campaign in Surabaya, East
Java, on Monday. "Megawati is scheduled to attend PDIP's campaign at
Surabaya's Pacasila Sports Complex tomorrow," Liaison Officer of East
Java's PDIP Executive Board Didik Rasetiyono told Antara on Sunday.
Didik said PDIP, which was ranked third in the 2009 legislative
elections and won only 14.03 percent of the 104.099 million votes, had
set itself a target to win 22 percent of the votes at the national level
and 25 percent of the parliamentary seats in parliament in this year's
elections.
With the nomination of Jokowi as its presidential hopeful, however,
political analyst Ari Junaedi of the University of Indonesia believed
that the PDIP will win 27.02 percent or about 152 seats in the
parliament.
"I am convinced the PDIP will reap 27.02 percent of the votes and
secure 152 seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) in the April 9
legislative elections. This is because Jokowi will be elected not only
by the PDIP supporters, but also by other parties' backers. So, the
gains of the PDIP will increase significantly," Ari Junaedi said.
In the meantime, the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) mobilized around
250,000 of its cadres in its first national political campaign for the
legislative elections in Jakarta on Sunday.
The party's deputy secretary general, Fahri Hamzah, told newsmen
hundreds of thousands PKS cadres would fill campaign locations across
the city including the Bung Karno main stadium.
The campaign events were aimed at encouraging party cadres and board
members to retake the party's 2004 victory. "There will be around
250,000 party cadres involved. The slogan is 'Let's make Jakarta
white'," he said. White is the color of the party's flag.
In his oration, PKS President Anis Matta said his party's hard journey
towards the Palace of the state leadership in the 2014 elections was
comparable to the heavy journey of the Prophet Jusuf (Josheph).
"Let me ask you now, have we got out of the 'well'? Indeed we have come
out of it and we have arrived in the second round like the journey of
the Prophet Yusuf towards the Palace," he told supporters of the PKS
which was ranked fourth in the 2009 legislative elections after winning
7.88 percent of the votes.
The Golkar Party, a former political machine of the New Order
Government and was ranked second in the 2009 legislative elections and
won 14.45 percent of the votes, staged its first day campaign in
Serang, Benten Province, on Sunday.
"So far, Benten is Golkar's main supporters' enclave from where it
reaps a lot of votes. So we started our campaign here based on the KPU
schedule," Chief Coordinator of Golkar's Success Team (BKPP) Idrus
Marham. He made the remarks after the kicking off of Golkar campaign by
its general chairman and presidential candidate Aburizal Bakrie at
Maulana Yusuf Stadium, Serang.
In the meantime, the ruling Democratic Party (PD) which was ranked
first and won 20.85 percent of the 2009 legislative elections, is
scheduled to campaign on Sunday in Magelang, Central Java.
PD's general chairman Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono who is also the president of Indonesia was previously scheduled to attend the campaign in Magelang district. But he later cancelled the plan because he has to lead a haze emergency response military operation in Riau province.
"To ensure security for Yudhoyono, we are preparing 345 personnel. This number is from the police alone, excluding those from the military," Magelang Police Chief Adj. Snr Commissioner Murbani Budi Pitono, said in Magelang on Saturday.
"To ensure security for Yudhoyono, we are preparing 345 personnel. This
number is from the police alone, excluding those from the military,"
Magelang Police Chief Adj. Snr Commissioner Murbani Budi Pitono, said in
Magelang on Saturday.
Magelang
Branch Office of PD chief Sad Priyo Putro said on Saturday he had
almost made full preparations for Sunday's campaign which was previously
scheduled to be attended by Yudhoyhono.
The PD, Golkar Party, PDIP and PKS were the four major winner parties
in the 2009 legislative elections which were contested by 38 political
contestants with valid votes totaling 104,009,785.
In next April 9 legislative elections, a total of 15 political parties
in Indonesia have been verified by the General Elections Commission
(KPU) and have the right to participate in the elections.
Three of the 15 are local parties for the Aceh electorate while 12
others are the national parties that will participate in the
parliamentary elections in April.
The national parties consist of 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).
They will contest to win the votes of 185.8 million eligible voters.***1***
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