Mystery of Cadres from Other Parties and National Figures Set to Join PSI

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - The Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI) claims that many cadres from other parties will flock to PSI. They claim that national figures will also join the party with the elephant logo. However, the identities of these national figures and cadres from other parties remain a mystery. According to PSI Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees Grace Natalie, PSI will continue to attract national figures to strengthen its organisational structure in various regions. “National figures will continue to join PSI to strengthen the management in various provinces,” said Grace when met on the sidelines of the DPP-DPW PSI consolidation event at the Santika Premier Hotel, Slipi, West Jakarta, on Sunday (12/4/2026). She explained that PSI is currently implementing a double-track strategy, namely strengthening management on two fronts at once: the national elite and the grassroots structure. “This means the upper level is strengthened with national figures who already have achievements, a track record, and leadership qualities. And this certainly will not be optimal without support from the networks below,” she said. “Many, many and continuing to join, the issue is that the numbers keep moving,” Grace stated. According to Grace, PSI is open to anyone who wants to join, including figures from different political backgrounds. “PSI is a super open party where everyone is accepted, everyone is a shareholder. This party is not a family party, not a party for just a handful of people,” Grace remarked. Several months earlier, the 7th President of Indonesia, Jokowi, had said that more and more figures would join PSI. “PSI now has become a super public company party. PSI now is increasingly open, increasingly inclusive. Many are joining and there will be even more joining,” Jokowi said at the PSI National Working Meeting in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on 31 January 2026. “Those who will join, whether national figures, provincial figures, district and city figures, will be even more,” he added.