The Indonesian National Populist Fortress Party (Indonesian: Partai Nasional Benteng Kerakyatan Indonesia, PNBK) was a political party in Indonesia. The founder, Eros Djarot was dissatisfied with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, which refused to allow him to stand as chairman against Megawati Sukarnoputri at the party conference in 2000. Eros then formed the Bung Karno National Party, named after Indonesia's first president Sukarno. As the law did not allow the use of national figures in party names, this was changed to the Freedom Bull National Party (with the same initials – PNBK – in Indonesian).[1]
Indonesian National Populist Fortress Party Partai Nasional Benteng Kerakyatan Indonesia | |
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| Chairman | Eros Djarot |
| Secretary-General | Zulfan Lindan |
| Founded | 27 July 2002 |
| Dissolved | 1 June 2011 |
| Split from | PDI-P |
| Succeeded by | PPN |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Ideology | Socialism Pancasila |
| Ballot number | 26 |
| DPR seats | 0 |
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In the 2004 legislative elections in the party won 1.1% of the popular vote and 1 out of 550 seats in the People's Representative Council. In the 2009 elections, the party stood as the Indonesian National Populist Fortress Party. It won 0.45 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, and lost its only seat in the People's Representative Council.[2][3][4] Following its poor result in the 2009 vote, the party joined nine other smaller parties to form the National Unity Party (Indonesian: Partai Persatuan Nasional).[5]
References
edit- ^ Partai-Partai Politik Indonesia: Ideologi dan Program 2004–2009 (Indonesian Political Parties: Ideologies and Programs 2004–2009 Kompas (1999) ISBN 979-709-121-X pp164-166
- ^ Profil Partai Politik (Profile of Political Parties), Kompas newspaper 14 July 2008 pp. 38–39
- ^ Indonesian General Election Commission website[permanent dead link] Official Election Results
- ^ The Jakarta Post 10 May 2009 Archived 13 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine Democratic Party controls 26% of parliamentary seats
- ^ Ajeng Ritzki Pitakasari (14 April 2011). "Tersingkir di Pemilu 2009, Sepuluh Partai Dirikan Partai Persatuan Nasional (Sidelined from the election, 10 parties establish the National Unity Party)". Tempo.co (in Indonesian). Republika online. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
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