Prosperous Justice Party

Views

The PKS is known for its public opposition to political corruption; this stance was widely reported as a major factor in the party's increased success in 2004.^{[citation needed]} However, this image has been under attack in recent times, as several alleged cases of grafts are suspected to be connected to several prominent party politicians.^[30][31][32] The party is closely associated with Islamic teachings, but according to its leadership does not promote the mandatory implementation of sharia, requiring Indonesia's Muslims to follow Islamic law.^[33] Many of its campaigns are based on conservative religious teachings, such as opposition to the selling of pornography,^[34] and for strict punishments for violations of narcotics laws.^[35]

The party has been associated with the Egypt-based Muslim Brotherhood; several of its founders attended Brotherhood-related schools.^[18] The organization stages rallies supporting Hamas in its conflict with Israel, and against the influence of the United States both in the Middle East and in Indonesia.^[36]

The PKS parliamentary group in the DPR have expressed their opinions on a few issues:

More information Year, Bills ...

Year	Bills	Votes	Party stances/Other views
2019	Revision of Law on the Corruption Eradication Commission RUU KPK
2022	Law on Sexual Violence Crimes RUU TPKS
2022	Law on State Capital RUU IKN
2022	Revision of the Indonesian Criminal Code RUU KUHP		PKS urges that the law be comprehensively supported by the UU TPKS which has been passed.[37]
2023	Omnibus Law on Job Creation RUU Cipta Kerja

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Party platform

The party's vision is to bring about a civil society that is just, prosperous and dignified.^[38]

Its mission is to:

1. Pioneer reforms to the political system, government and the bureaucracy, the judicial system and the military to be committed to strengthening democracy.
2. Address poverty, reduce unemployment and improve the prosperity of all elements of society through a strategy to equalize incomes, high value-added growth and sustained development.
3. Move towards just education by providing the maximum possible opportunities for all the Indonesian people.

PKS Watch

In 2010, a blog site called PKSWatch appeared which criticized PKS policies and received strong reactions from PKS sympathizers, which then prompted the formation of the PKSWatch blog. This site is not an official PKS site. However, recently this site has not appeared again to the public because it feels there are differences in views with PKS.^[39]

Forum Kader Peduli

Forum Kader Peduli is a forum formed in September 2008 and is declared in Al Hikmah Mampang Prapatan Mosque, where PKS was declared as a political party for the first time. The forum was headed by Yusuf Supendi, one of the founders of the party. However behind Supendi, there are more influential party members such as Syamsul Balda, former vice president of PKS. This forum was intended to "expose" the "ulcers" of high ranking PKS officials at that time.^[40]

Islamic State Illusion Book

On 16 May 2009, a book entitled The Illusion of an Islamic State: Expansion of the Transnational Islamic Movement in Indonesia (Ilusi Negara Islam: ExpansiGerakan Islam Transnasional di Indonesia) was published by The Wahid Institute, the Bhinneka Tunggal Ika Movement, the Maarif Institute, and the Libforall Foundation.^[41] The book launch was attended by former president, Abdurrahman Wahid, former General Chair of PP Muhammadiyah, Ahmad Syafii Maarif and Nahdlatul Ulama figure, Mustofa Bisri.

The book generated controversies domestically and internationally^[42] as it portrayed PKS and the Indonesian branch of Hizb ut-Tahrir^[43] as an International Islamic hardliner movement. In this book, PKS is described as infiltrating state schools and universities and various institutions including government and Islamic community organizations, including Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah.^[44] This book is claimed to have violated the research code of ethics and some information is difficult to believe, such as the inclusion of Gus Dur as editor, even though at that time he was experiencing visual impairment,^[45] to the lawsuit of three IAIN Sunan Kalijaga lecturers because they felt their names had been used as part of the research team.^[46]

An English version of the book was released in 2011 under the title, The Illusion of an Islamic State: How an Alliance of Moderates Launched a Successful Jihad Against Radicalization and Terrorism in the World’s Largest Muslim-Majority Country.^[47]

Openness to Non-muslim Members

During their 2008 national working meeting at the Inna Grand Beach Hotel, Sanur, Denpasar, Bali on February 1 2008,^[48] some elite members of the party declared PKS as an open party, which means PKS will accept non-Muslim candidates to compete on the party's ticket.^[49][50] However, this statement sparked an internal conflict amongst high ranking party members. The chairman of the Central Sharia Council, Surahman Hidayat, stated that he supports this decision^[51] but this decision was fiercely opposed by one of the founders of PK, Yusuf Supendi. He accused the chairman of the Syuro Council, Hilmi Aminuddin, and the secretary general at that time, Anis Matta (whom later become party president) as those who wanted PKS to become an open party.^[52][53]

In the 2nd Mukernas at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Jakarta, on June 16 2010, the possibility of non-Muslims sitting on the party management was also discussed.^[54] However, to date there has been no realization of this possibility, apart from the existence of several non-Muslim legislative candidates competing using PKS tickets for the 2014 Indonesian legislative general election in Eastern Indonesia electoral districts, such as East Nusa Tenggara,^[55] North Sulawesi, Central Sulawesi, West Sulawesi, Papua and West Papua.^[56]

Allegations of Wahhabism

In April 2013, Yenny Wahid, daughter of former president Abdurrahman Wahid, banned cadres of her party, the New Indonesian National Sovereignty Party (PKBIB), which failed to pass KPU verification for the 2014 general election, from joining PKS or PKB. Yenny stated that PKBIB carries the vision of ahlus sunnah wal jamaah, and stated that its cadres should not join parties that do not support this ideology.^[57] Responding Yenny's statement, party president Anis Matta states that PKS also carries the same vision^[58] and the party fraction leader in the parliament Hidayat Nur Wahid protested Yenny's accusation.^[59]

PKS is often accused of being Wahhabi, an Islamic reform movement that does not recognize democratic systems and democratic parties. This issue was directly denied by President Anis Matta, who claimed that PKS did not adhere to any particular sect and opened its membership doors as wide as possible to members of other Islamic organizations.^[60]

Legislative election results

More information Election, Ballot number ...

Election	Ballot number	Total seats won	Total votes	Share of votes	Seat change	Outcome of election	Party leader
1999	24	7 / 500	1,436,565	1.36%[61]	7 seats	Governing coalition (1999–2001)	Nur Mahmudi Ismail
						Opposition (2001–2004)
2004	16	45 / 550	8,325,020	7.34%[62]	38 seats	Governing coalition	Hidayat Nur Wahid
2009	8	57 / 560	8,204,946	7.88%[62]	12 seats	Governing coalition	Tifatul Sembiring
2014	3	40 / 560	8,480,204	6.79%[63]	17 seats	Opposition	Anis Matta
2019	8	50 / 575	11,493,663	8.21%[64]	10 seats	Opposition	Sohibul Iman
2024	8	53 / 580	12,781,241	8.42%	3 seats	Coalition supply	Ahmad Syaikhu

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Presidential election results

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