Socially Inclusive
Sep 18th, 2008, in News, by Patung
Two religion based political parties deciding to become more diverse and inclusive, or not.
PDS
The Partai Damai Sejahtera (PDS), Prosperous Peace Party, a Christian party with a small number of seats in the national parliament, recently decided to formally open itself up to non-Christian members and candidates.
Party chairman Denny Tewu announced last month that 20% of candidates would be Muslim by the 2009 elections, and that the PDS hoped to field more celebrity candidates as well, and build bridges into the police and military communities, with the aim of keeping above the 2.5% electoral threshold. antara
Denny claimed the party already had some Muslim activists and clerics as members, in Jember, and other parts of Java, but he couldn’t remember their names. detik
He hoped Muslim members of the party would accept the fact that at party gatherings it was customary for Christian prayers to be carried out, although in the future, as the party became more polyglot, such practices might end, he said.
On another occasion, this month, he extended the invitation to Hindus and Buddhists to become PDS candidates. inilah
PKS
Some figures in the Islamic Partai Keadilan Sejahtera (Justice Party, PKS) have made past statements about the party needing to become more diverse and open to non-Muslims, although the party’s leader Hidayat Nurwahid has generally not seemed overly-enthusiastic about diluting the Islamic credentials of the PKS.
Presently it seems that the PKS is open to non-Muslim candidates mainly in largely non-Muslim areas. A PKS official, Razikum, said recently that in Papua and Irian Jaya Barat the party was fielding a number of non-Muslim female candidates, because they were from regencies that had very few Muslims. However these women were standing for local parliament, not national. detik
39 Comments on “Socially Inclusive”
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Achmad Sudarsono says:
Rob,
It takes time, effort, & dedication to be a Master Baiter.
Hope you are feeling Seksi today !
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Patrick says:
@ Rob – Ya I suppose its an obvious tag but it really does fit as I don’t know anyone on this site who can “g” themselves up quite the way you can! Where on this green earth do you come up with this stuff? Perhaps Achmad provided us the answer and that is you must be putting a lot of time, effort and dedication into your craft?
@Achmad – I don’t know about Rob but I am definitely feeling very “seksi” today. Hope that mental image helps you get your mojo back? : > )
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@ Rob – Ya Rob you are quite correct as it is a extremely obvious connection. However, it proved too hard to resist the way you teed it up or should I use your word “g” it up for me to hit “out of the park”.
@ Achmad – I don’t know about Rob but I am definitely feeling very “seksi” today relaxing by the pool in my, way too tight, bright yellow speedo swim trunks! Hope that mental image is enough to get your mojo back as I have noticed lately it’s been a bit enervated!
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@ Rob & Achmad – mmmm? Thought I lost the initial post after tapping the wrong letter on the key board and reposted? You have a great weekend as well.
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Yes ! Yes ! Yes !
Yellow Speedos !
Nothing but…Seksi !
My Mojo has returned, baby !
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daniel says:
The moment you bring in Religion into Politics, the country is a goner !!! It has to be separated and look upon the citizens as CITIZENS of the country. Not look at the religion, race or creed.
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Nathan says:
PDS VS PKS ??? Wow it Really want to be “HOT”, but Why I little Feel It Like Christian VS Muslim ???
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Patrick…
I am guessing that you realize that you are not the first to make this connection between Master and Baiter! Gets even better because my real name surname is not all that different from baiter and also goes well with master…
Enjoy your weekend!