Pancasila Patriots preps for campaign

Pancasila Patriots preps for campaign

JAKARTA: The Pancasila Patriots' Party began on Friday a five-
day consolidation meeting of its legislative candidates who are
eligible to run in the general election on April 5.

The party's secretary-general, Sophar Maru Hutagalung, said
participants at the meeting would strategize on how to best
promote the party's goals and platforms, most notably its undying
allegiance to maintaining the existing map of the Unitary
Republic of Indonesia, the Constitution and Pancasila state
ideology, during the campaign period.

They will also draft a strategy to win at least 3 percent of
the vote to enable the party to nominate a presidential candidate
for the direct election in July, Sophar added.

The General Elections Commission has declared 173 legislative
candidates from the Pancasila Patriots' Party eligible for the
election.

Party chairman and possible presidential candidate Yapto S.
Soerjosoemarno and executives Yorris Raweyai and Henry
Yosodiningrat are among the participants at the meeting.

The party was established by the Pemuda Pancasila security
organization, which used to be closely affiliated with Golkar as
that party's security enforcers. --JP