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The PDI-P does not always criticize the government. Golkar remains wary if the PDI-P joins the government coalition.
Puan Maharani pushes the PDIP to join Prabowo’s cabinet. But her brother, Prananda Prabowo, opposes the idea. arsip tempo : ...
Hasto didn’t respond to a request for comment but PDI-P has described the case as politically motivated. Tessa Mahardika Sugiarto, a KPK spokesperson, said the agency will issue a statement. “This ...
“We are solid in supporting the incoming government as a way to build Indonesia’s future,” Ms Puan Maharani, House Speaker and a senior PDI-P official, said on Oct 16, according to state media.
The suggestion that the PDI-P could join Prabowo’s coalition is not new. As far back as April, Prabowo’s Gerindra party was suggesting that he would meet for talks with Megawati.
The PDI-P, the largest party by representation in the House, had nominated Puan as the only candidate for speaker. The party has yet to announce its stance vis-a-vis the incoming government.
As speaker, Puan — a member of the PDI-P, the biggest party in parliament and the main party in the ruling coalition — was supposed to bring the bill to a plenary session of parliament for a vote.
While Megawati was elected as the PDI-P chair that year, Soeharto refused to recognise her accession and three years later, in 1996, the strongman tried to oust Megawati by using the military.
Puan Maharani, daughter of PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri and speaker of the House of Representatives, said at a party event on Sunday that Widodo, known popularly as Jokowi, would back ...
Former Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri (right) walks with her daughter and current parliamentary speaker Puan Maharani, at a hospital in Sanur, Bali, Indonesia, January 16, 2023. Credit ...
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri said at a 50th anniversary celebration on January 10 that it’s entirely her “business”. But President Joko Widodo may ...
However, Puan’s low ratings might not matter much to the PDI-P – or other political parties, political analyst Firman Noor from the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) said on Tuesday.