Just and Prosperous People's Party

Not to be confused with Prosperous Justice Party.
Just and Prosperous People's Party
Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur
Consideration Assembly ChairmanGautama Wiranegara
General ChairmanAgus Jabo Priyono
Secretary-GeneralDominggus Oktavianus
TreasurerDiane Mondong
Founded1 June 2021; 3 years ago (2021-06-01)
Preceded byPRD
HeadquartersJakarta
IdeologyPancasila
Civic nationalism
Progressivism
Welfare state
National affiliationAdvanced Indonesia Coalition
SloganPartainya Rakyat Biasa: Kaum 99 Persen
(Party of the Ordinary People: The 99 Percenters)
AnthemMars PRIMA
(PRIMA March)
Darah Juang
(Blood of Struggle)
DPR seats
0 / 575

The Just and Prosperous People's Party (Indonesian: Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur, PRIMA) is a political party in Indonesia. The party formed after a merger of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) and numerous mass organizations. PRIMA's formation was announced on 27 May 2020, gained approval from the Ministry of Law and Human Rights on 29 September 2020, and officially founded on 1 June 2021.[1][2][3][4]

The party promoted nine programs known as the 9 Ways of Justice and Prosperous People (Indonesian: 9 Jalan Rakyat Adil dan Makmur): Fair taxation, national industrialization, modern agriculture, strengthening small and medium business enterprises, clean government, progressive advancement of Indonesian peoples, upholding democracy, and gender equality.[5]

Most of the party members and officials during its declaration were PRD cadres and its affiliates.[6] The only exception is R Gautama Wiranegara, a retired major general of Indonesian Army and was a general secretary of National Counter Terrorism Agency.[7]

Due to its connection to the PRD, which was aligned to left-wing politics and had a strong socialist foundation, the party has been attacked and accused as "Neo-Communist" by Islamic far-right extremists and New-Order revivalists.[8] The accusation was dismissed by party officials.[3][4]

2024 lawsuit

Main article: PRIMA v. KPU

The party submitted a case to the Central Jakarta District Court on 8 December 2022 after the party was unable to compete in 2024 Indonesian general election, despite the court not having such power. Among the party's demands are: declaring the party is the party which aggrieved by KPU, ordered General Election Commission to award the party 500 million rupiahs as compensation and the postponement of the election.[9] In an unusual move, the court decided to fulfill all the demands of the party and ordered the General Election Commission to do so on 2 March 2023.[9] The court also ordered the General Election Commission to restart the election process from the verification again.[10] The General Election Commission submitted the appeal over the irregular decision.[11]

Supreme Court of Indonesia, stated that despite the irregularity of the decision, the judges cannot be wronged and asked to the General Election Commission to submit the appeal.[12]

References

  1. ^ Kusumawardhani, Amanda (2021-06-01). "Deklarasi Hari Ini, Ketua Umum: PRIMA Siapkan Syarat Ikut Pemilu 2024 | Kabar24". Bisnis.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  2. ^ Wakik, Ahmad Kiflan (2021-06-01). "Agus Jabo: PRD Salah Satu Unsur Yang Melahirkan Prima". Rmol.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  3. ^ a b Martaon, Anggi Tondi (2021-05-08). "Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur Bantah Berkaitan dengan PRD". medcom.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  4. ^ a b Martaon, Anggi Tondi (2021-05-07). "Dimotori Aktivis 98, Prima Perkenalkan Diri Sebagai Partai Baru". medcom.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  5. ^ PRIMA (2021-06-01). "9 Jalan Rakyat Adil dan Makmur". PRIMA: Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  6. ^ Mawangi, Genta Tenri (2021-06-01). "Pengurus PRD deklarasi partai baru PRIMA usung visi politik sejahtera". Antara News Yogyakarta (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  7. ^ Vebriyanto, Widian. "Partai Rakyat Adil Makmur (Prima) Deklarasi Di Hari Lahir Pancasila". Rmol.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  8. ^ Aulia, M. Rodhi (2021-05-17). "[Cek Fakta] Partai PRIMA Buatan Anak-Anak Komunis? Ini Faktanya". medcom.id (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2021-06-01.
  9. ^ a b detikNews, Tim. "Kabulkan Gugatan Partai Prima, PN Jakpus Perintahkan Pemilu Ditunda". detiksumut (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  10. ^ Amirullah (2023-03-02). "Perintahkan Tunda Pemilu 2024, PN Jakpus Minta KPU Lakukan Tahapan Pemilu dari Awal". Tempo. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  11. ^ detikNews, Tim. "Diperintahkan PN Jakpus Tunda Pemilu, KPU Banding!". detiksumut (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  12. ^ Erwanti, Marlinda Oktavia. "MA: Hakim PN Jakpus Tak Bisa Disalahkan terkait Putusannya". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 2023-03-03.