Jakarta – Secretary-general of the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Tjahjo Kumolo has announced that former National Police chief Gen. (ret) Da'i Bachtiar has joined the party.

"Besides Da'i, some other retired generals have also committed to joining our party. Most of them are from the police force," Tjahjo said without further elaboration on Thursday as quoted by kompas.com. Some of those generals, he went on, had committed to campaigning for the party during the upcoming campaign season.

Many have warned the PDI-P to be more selective when opening access to former high officials, especially those who were allegedly involved in graft and other cases.

With the general election drawing near, the PDI-P has met with many groups, including other parties and business communities. As many as 60 businesspeople attended a meeting organized by PDI-P at the party's headquarters on Thursday night.(dic)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/03/14/former-police-chief-da-i-bachtiar-joins-pdi-p.html