Outline of Democratic Party platform

Outline of Democratic Party platform

Indonesia has lost its character because sudden reform
movements did not stem from a comprehensive concept. The party
thus strives to promote a democracy that values high religious,
moral and social norms.

The 1945 Constitution should not yet be changed amid our
current loss of identity; it can accommodate the country's
diversity through balanced power distribution between the
executive, legislative, and judicial bodies.

Therefore the Democratic Party aims to offer programs that:
o Look to improve political, economic, and social conditions
through the upgrading of national security;
o Support globalization and promote egalitarian economic growth;
o Expand fiscal decentralization;
o Improve the tax system and expand the tax base;
o Ban subsidies on commodities, because they have not helped the
poor;
o Ensure that international prices be applied to commodities;
o Ensure that labor is priced internationally according to
productivity;
o Prioritize the prevention of corruption because the existing
laws still make it hard to investigate corruptors;
o Transform military owned businesses into state-owned
enterprises, with all profits allocated for the military budget,
in an attempt to increase accountability of the armed forces;
o Form a professional armed force under civilian authority, one
without territorial functions, without a political role and with
no relation to any form of business activity;
o Narrow the economic and social gaps, the root cause of
conflicts related to religious and ethnic factors.