Jakarta – The Commission on Elections (P3KPU), popularly known as the Team of Eleven, announced on Thursday that it is recommending 48 political parties to contest in the June 7 general election.
Commission chairman, Nurcholis Madjid, made the announcement following a meeting with Home Affairs Minister Syarwan Hamid here to submit the results of the team's verification of the registered parties' qualifications.
The 48 parties are the Republic Party, Indonesian Democratic Party for the People's Struggle, Syarekat Islam Indonesia Party, Justice Party, National Awakening Party, National Democratic Party, Justice and Unity Party, Peace-Loving Party, MKGR Party, Crescent and Star Party, the National Mandate Party, Indonesian People's Party, Indonesian National Union Solidarity Party, Nahdlatul Umat Party, Moslem Society Party, Party of Indonesian Moslem Society, People's Deliberation Party, Indonesian National Christian Party, Marhaenist Mass-Indonesian National Party, People's Awakening Party, the National Labor Party, People's Democratic Party, Catholic Democratic Party, 1905 Syarekat of Indonesian Moslem Party, Labor Solidarity Party, Alliance of Indonesian Democratic Party, National Independent Party, People's Sovereignty Party, Generation of Indonesian Independence Party, People's Chosen Party, the Marhaenist-Front Indonesian National Party, National Loving Democratic Party, the Supeni-led Indonesian National Party, Indonesian Workers' Party, Indonesian People's National Party, Indonesian Moslem Awakening Party, Unity Party, All-Indonesian Labor Solidarity Party, New Masyumi Party, Indonesian Uni-Democratic Party, the Islamic Political Party of Indonesian Masyumi, Unity in Diversity Party, Islamic Democratic Party, New Indonesian Party, Abul Yatama Party, Golkar Party, Indonesian Democratic Party, and United Development Party.
Nurcholis said his team had carried out the factual and administrative verification of more than a hundred parties which had registered at the Attorney General's Office on February 22-27 and March 2-3.
On Feburary 22-27, he said, his team verified the parties with branches in 16 provinces – North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu, Lampung, Riau, South Sumatra, Jakarta, West Java, East Java, Central Java, Yogyakarta, West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, Central Sulawesi and North Sulawesi.
On March 2-3, the team verified the parties in 10 provinces with the highest number of political parties – North Sumatra, Lampung, Bengkulu, Jambi, West Java, Central Java, East Java, Yogyakarta, North Sulawesi and West Nusa Tenggara.