On Indonesia's Independence Day, PSI Daily Chair Ahmad Ali Calls for Nation to Be Managed Together

In commemorating the 81st anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia, the Daily Chair of the Central Leadership Board of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (DPP PSI), Ahmad Ali, expressed hope that Indonesia will become a country that provides equal space and rights to all its people. According to him, no group or individual should feel superior to others.

“My hope for Indonesia, regarding our national ideals, is that in the future all Indonesian people will have equal rights between one another,” he said. According to him, this equality includes the right to speak, to express thoughts, and to live without feeling beneath others.

As a great nation, Ahmad Ali said, Indonesia should listen more to the various ideas coming from society. “We hope that a great nation must listen more to people’s thoughts and be managed together,” he said.

Ahmad Ali said that managing the nation cannot rely solely on politics as a struggle for power. It requires people who genuinely possess principles, idealism, and commitment to managing the country. According to him, the goals of the state can only be achieved if all parties are willing to be involved and do not feel they are the smartest compared to others.

According to Ahmad Ali, this spirit is also part of PSI’s aspirations. The party with the elephant symbol wants to bring its ideas and idealism into the political decision-making space. Therefore, PSI’s target of entering parliament in the 2029 election is not merely about obtaining seats. Ahmad Ali also views PSI’s presence in Senayan as a momentum to prove whether the ideas that have been conveyed so far can be realised in policy.

Ahmad Ali continued that PSI is currently still in a position of conveying many aspirations and narratives. The party does not yet have direct involvement in the law-making process and decision-making in parliament. Therefore, according to Ahmad Ali, PSI’s success in entering Senayan will be an important point for the party.

Once it has representatives in parliament, the public can directly hold PSI accountable for what it has promised and fought for. “When PSI is in Senayan, that is when the clock starts ticking. The people will always demand accountability,” he said.

PSI is targeting the 2029 election as a momentum to prove itself. After participating in two elections but failing to place its representatives in the House of Representatives, the party is now strengthening its organisation and preparing its political machinery from the centre to the regions.

Ahmad Ali hopes that in 2029, PSI will not merely be a complement among the parties that have already been in parliament. He also wants PSI to be present with political strength capable of bringing its ideas into the decision-making space.

“Hopefully in 2029 we will become part of the parties that exist today. PSI wants to go through this,” he said.