Jakarta – The Reform Star Party (PBR) is ready to join the National Mandate Party (PAN) after the two recently signed a memorandum of understanding on the merger.

PBR chairman Bursah Zarnubi said in Jakarta on Saturday that the party was currently dissolving its executive board into the PAN and expected the latter to soon issue a decree on the matter.

"We will officially announce [the merger] during PAN's anniversary commemoration on November 16, 2011, which will coincide with its national coordination meeting," Bursah said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

"The plan for the merger at the regency/municipal level is expected to be realized in December. So we're almost 100 percent becoming one with PAN," he added.

Ahead of the 2014 elections, PBR will follow all of PAN's policies, Bursah said. "Because we now have a new chairman. Our chairman now is Pak Hatta," he said, referring to PAN chairman Hatta Rajasa, the coordinating economic minister.