PPP Outlines Strategy for 2029 General Election

The United Development Party (PPP) has revealed its strategy for returning to Parliament in the 2029 General Election. Party Chairman Muhamad Mardiono said there are three strategies the party must implement.

Mardiono made the remarks while opening the PPP’s National Coordination Meeting on Legal Affairs in the Gambir area of Central Jakarta on Thursday (20/8/2026). He said the party needs to strengthen its organisational structure from the central level down to the branch level.

“The first is to strengthen the organisational structure from the centre to the branches. At present, Regional Deliberations have been held in 38 provinces, followed by Branch Deliberations for consolidation at the regency/city level, and this has been completed in 95 per cent of the 514 regencies and cities. The next stage is currently under way, with the latest report on Sunday evening indicating that 20 per cent of Sub-district Deliberations have been carried out,” Mardiono said.

Mardiono then said the PPP needs to strengthen its information and technology systems. He said member data must be compiled in detail, from names to addresses, on a by-name, by-address basis.

“We are supporting this with our IT base, backed by the latest technology that we are currently building, which, God willing, can be completed next month. Before we hold the National Working Meeting, we will present the entire system, from the organisational structure to our constituent database, which will be stored by name and by address. This will even extend to the level of witnesses, whose details will be recorded down to their bank account numbers,” he said.

Furthermore, Mardiono said the PPP needs to strengthen legal advocacy and the safeguarding of evidence during the verification process as the election proceeds. He highlighted the party’s weakness, noting that some parties had prioritised individual voices to be championed.

“Next, we must strengthen legal advocacy and the safeguarding of evidence from the verification process through to the vote count at polling stations. Our past weakness was that we only focused on the grassroots level and sometimes prioritised individual interests,” he said.

Mardiono stressed that law enforcement is necessary for his party. He referred to the results of the 2024 General Election, in which the PPP failed to qualify for parliament.

“The legal field is important as our vanguard in safeguarding the votes given by the people,” he said.

“The 2024 General Election serves as an important lesson, particularly regarding the importance of data security, documentation of witness vote results, and advocacy readiness from the polling station level, which must be a top priority. The PPP does not want its legal team to work only when disputes arise. Advocacy must begin from the earliest stages of the election process,” he added.