United Development Party
United Development Party The United Development Party , sometimes translated as Development Unity Party is a political party in Indonesia. It is an Islamist party and currently led by Suryadharma Ali. Ten political parties participated in the 1971 Legislative Elections, a number that President Suharto considered to be too much. Suharto wished that political parties be reduced to just two or three and that the parties should be grouped based on their programs. The basis for the merger that would result in the birth of PPP was a coalition of the four Islamic Parties in the People's Representative Council called the United Development Faction. This faction consisted of Nahdatul Ulama (NU), Muslim Party of Indonesia (Parmusi), The Islamic Association Party of Indonesia (PSII) and the Islamic Educational Movement (Perti). With encouragement by the Government, officials from all 4 parties had meetings with each other and after finding some common ground, merged all of the 4 Islamic par...