Jakarta – The graft scandals that have implicated several Democratic Party politicians will not cause the party to collapse, but will seriously shrink the party's performance in the 2014 general elections, says a pro-democracy activist.

"The Democratic Party won't collapse. But, it won't make the big three," Lingkar Madani director Ray Rangkuti said during a discussion in Jakarta, on Monday.

Rangkuti said that the party, the political machine of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, would not make the big three because of its flagging image, especially with several of its figures having been implicated in graft, Antara news agency reported..

Muhammad Nazaruddin, the party's former treasurer, has been convicted of corruption, while its legislator Angelina Sondakh is currently standing trial for alleged bribery in projects related to the Youth and Sports Ministry and the Education and Culture Ministry.

Most recently, Andi Mallarangeng, the party's former board of patrons secretary, was named a suspect in the Hambalang sports center construction project.