It was established as the New Indonesia Alliance Party (Partai Perhimpunan Indonesia Baru) by the economist Dr. Sjahrir and was initially made up of university students, middle-class people and the leaders of several political parties.
In a speech on 23 September 2002, Sjahrir said he wanted to establish the party because he was frustrated and angry with the political situation dominated by corruption and the craving for power.
[1] At the last legislative elections, 5 April 2004, the party won 0.6% of the popular vote and no seats in the People's Representative Council.
[3] He was succeeded by his wife, Dr. Nurmala Kartini Sjahrir, chairman of the Indonesian Anthropological Association (according to Minister of Law and Human Rights Republic of Indonesia decree number M.HH-08.AH.11.01 Year 2008) On 28 July 2008, the party founder and first chairman, Dr. Syahrir, died in Singapore [4] On 10 November 2008, the party officially stated its candidate for the 2009 presidential election was incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono [5] The party contested the 2009 elections, the party won only 0.2 percent of the vote, less than the 2.5 percent electoral threshold, meaning it was awarded no seats in the People's Representative Council.
[6][7] The party vision and mission is to developed a new Indonesia which is fair, democratic and plural.