Union of Independent People

Union of Independent People
Serikat Rakyat Independen
Chairman Damianus Taufan
Secretary-General Yoshi Erlina
Founded 2 May 2011
Headquarters Jakarta
Ideology Conservatism
Social conservatism
DPR Seats N/A

The Union of Independent People (Indonesian: Serikat Rakyat Independen (SRI)) is an Indonesian political party that was formed in 2011 to support Sri Mulyani Indrawati, who had served as finance minister from 2005 to 2010, after which she was managing director of the World Bank until being reappointed as finance minister in 2016.

Key party officials

The party was established on 2 May 2011 in Jakarta by activists from Solidaritas Masyarakat Indonesia untuk Keadilan (SMI-Keadilan) or Indonesian People's Solidarity for Justice. They were:[1]

  • Damianus Taufan
  • Yoshi Erlina
  • Susy Rizky

Sri Mulyani as presidential candidate

The party intended to nominate Sri Mulyani Indrawati for Indonesia's 2014 presidential election. When the party was formed, Sri Mulyani was working for the World Bank as a managing director and stated she was busy with her work.[2]

Sri Mulyani was ranked 63rd in a 2011 list of the world's 100 most powerful women announced by Forbes. It was the third time she made the list after being ranked 71st in 2009 and 23rd in 2008.[3]

One poll put Sri Mulyani among the top-10 most popular presidential candidates for 2014.[4][5]

The party failed in its initial attempt at the political party verification process at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry. The party appealed to the Constitutional Court and was informed on 4 August 2011 that it was obliged to abide by the Political Parties Law, requiring all parties to have representative offices in at least 75 percent of all municipalities and regencies and 50 percent of districts in all 33 Indonesian provinces. The party had until 22 August 2011 to meet the requirement.[6]

On 22 August 2011, representatives of SRI Party submitted paperwork to complete the registration process.[7] The party was registered as a legal entity but was ineligible to contest the 2014 general election after the Justice and Human Rights Ministry announced on 17 December 2011 that SRI Party had failed to pass the verification process. SRI officials denounced the decision, suspecting it was politically motivated and insisted the party had fulfilled all administrative requirements.[8]

Re-verification

The Constitutional Court ruled the General Elections Commission (KPU) should re-verify all parties seeking to contest the 2014 election, but SRI failed in the first step of administrative verification, which was announced on 28 October 2012.[9]

References

  1. ↑ http://srimulyani.net/index.php/news/2011/07/profil-tiga-pengurus-dpn-partai-serikat-rakyat-independen
  2. ↑ "Sri Mulyani for president, says new party", The Jakarta Post, 4 August 2011, retrieved 8 August 2011
  3. ↑ "Sri Mulyani in Forbes' most powerful women list for 3rd time". Retrieved 2 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "SRI says it has no plans to merge with Democrats". 9 November 2011.
  5. ↑ "Sri Mulyani's return sparks speculation". 9 November 2011.
  6. ↑ "Sri Mulyani supporters face tough test", The Jakarta Post, 5 August 2011, retrieved 8 August 2011
  7. ↑ "15 New Parties Register for 2014". 23 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "End of the road for SRI Party and PKBN". 17 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "18 parties fail administrative verification for 2014 election". October 28, 2012.
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