The National Awakening Party (PKB) is ready to become a major party to help lead the country through a combination of its nationalistic and religious forces, head of the PKB's central leadership board, Marwan Jafar, said on Friday.
Marwan said that his party was prepared to play a role in national development.
“We are ready to help lead Indonesia because from a mass organization point of view it represents the Nahdlatul Ulama (the country's largest Muslim organization) and from a political point of view it embodies the PKB," Marwan said as quoted by Antara news agency.
He further said that historically, the PKB had made great contributions to the country, particularly in terms of affirming the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI).
“Moreover, PKB’s human resources have the potential to develop the country. The PKB is also ready to lead Indonesia,” he said.
He said that the party’s policies were pro-people, citing its involvement in the construction of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) and Islamic-based elementary, junior high and senior high schools as well as universities.
The PKB, he added, had also greatly contributed to the development of villages as it had initiated the village bill, which was passed into law last December.
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