With the Golkar Party finally signing the revised coalition contract, only the Prosperous Justice Party has yet to renew its commitment to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Anas Urbaningrum, chairman of the ruling Democratic Party, announced on his official Twitter account over the weekend that five parties had already signed up to the agreement, which is "a refinement and further operational translation of the October 15, 2009, contract."
"We are only waiting for one more," Anas said, referring to Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), which has yet to meet with the president after a rift in the House of Representatives over a proposed tax mafia inquiry.
Golkar chairman Aburizal Bakrie also confirmed the news, saying his party would remain in the coalition to support the government until the end of Yudnoyono's term in 2014.
"We think the new contract for coalition membership does not confine or restrict member parties. Golkar will sign the contract," he said on Saturday.
The party was said to have been opposed to the draft of the revised contract, which reportedly requires member parties to support any decision made by the coalition's joint secretariat and give full legislative backing to all government policy.
The contract is said to also include a system of rewards and punishments, and revises the coalition's leadership structure.
A political source on Friday said Golkar might have been offered a different version of the contract, one that did not prevent it from challenging the government or reduce Aburizal's role as managing chairman of the secretariat. Golkar had reportedly balked at the idea that the position held by Aburizal be rotated among different parties. As of Sunday, that point still had not been clarified.
M. Romahurmuziy, deputy secretary general of the United Development Party (PPP), said one point in the contract his party had signed stated that the coalition would be led collectively.
"This is important to bridge the gap in communication between coalition members because communication now is usually only between Yudhoyono and Aburizal," he said, adding that he did not believe Golkar had received a different contract.
He also said the new contract did not eliminate the right of each party to voice its own opinion, and the PPP was pleased it accommodated its suggestion for rewards and punishment.
Marwan Jafar, factional chairman for the National Awakening Party (PKB) in the House, however, said he had not heard anything about a collective leadership system for the coalition.
Saan Mustopha, deputy secretary general for the Democrats, meanwhile, said Aburizal's position as the secretariat's day-to-day manager would remain the same and that he knew of no point in the contract requiring the position be rotated or of a collective leadership system.