Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle

The Democratic Party of the struggle of Indonesia ( Indonesian Partai Indonesia Demokrasi Perjuangan, PDI -P) is a political party in Indonesia.

Your political orientation based on the Pancasila, so the five principles of the Indonesian Constitution.

History

The Democratic Party of the struggle of Indonesia was formed in 1996 from a split in the Democratic Party of Indonesia ( PDI). The PDI was later President Megawati Sukarnoputri forced out of the party, but managed to take a large number of PDI members with the new party. Megawati is still chairman of the PDI -P. In the parliamentary elections of 2004, the PDI -P received only 18.5 % of the vote and 109 seats out of 550. In 1999, the PDI -P had received 33.7 % of votes.

Even when choosing the President, the PDI -P suffered a defeat. Megawati lost in the second round with only 39 % of the vote against her challenger Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono from the Democratic Party and had to relinquish the presidency reluctantly. Despite the defeat, Megawati was elected as chairman until 2010 at a party congress in March 2005.