PDIP Announces 21 External Recommendations from the I National Conference: From Food Sovereignty to Police Reform

PDIP Chairman Megawati Soekarnoputri/PDIP DOCUMENTATION

JAKARTA - The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) issued an external recommendation after holding the 2026 I National Working Meeting (Rakernas) at the Beach City International Stadium, Ancol, Jakarta for three days from January 10-12.

The Chairman of the Aceh Provincial DPD of the PDI Perjuangan, Jamaluddin Idham, said that the formulation of this recommendation was made based on morality and truth. This document also becomes the party's political compass in facing national and global challenges.

"The truth is the ideological truth of Pancasila; constitutional truth based on the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia in 1945, as well as ethical truth that is in favor of the People. PDI Perjuangan places ethics, morality, and the truth of the essence as a guide to political struggle," said Jamaluddin Idham when reading the recommendations.

The following are the 21 points of the External Recommendations of the 2026 PDI Perjuangan National Conference:

1. The Party's National Congress confirms the political stance of the PDI Perjuangan to strengthen political sovereignty, economic independence, and individuality in culture as the main guidelines in dealing with global geopolitical dynamics and national challenges, by rejecting all forms of pressure, dependence, and domination of foreign forces and global economic interests that are detrimental to national interests, and ensuring that all state policies are carried out based on Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, and the interests of the People in order to realize a sovereign, just, and civilized Indonesia in the midst of world interaction;

2. I Party's National Congress urges the government to firmly declare its rejection of all forms of violations of the sovereignty of a free country from foreign intervention as happened with the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by US President Donald Trump. In addition to degrading the dignity of the UN, the Bandung Dasa Sila, and contrary to International Law, this attitude is also not in line with the opening of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which states that independence is the right of all nations, so that colonialism in the world must be abolished because it is not in accordance with humanity, and justice;

3. The first National Congress of the Party affirms that the improvement of the quality of Indonesian democracy requires the implementation of the functions of checks and balances of state power in a critical and effective manner through the institutionalization of political parties, equal and fair treatment for all political parties, reform of the legal system that is just, strengthening of civil society, freedom of the press, and protection of the rights of every citizen in the freedom of association, assembly, and expression guaranteed by the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia;

4. The Party's National Congress confirms its political position as a balancing party to oversee the implementation of a democratic, just, and oriented towards the greatest welfare of the People in accordance with the ideals of Indonesian independence;

5. The Party's National Congress encourages the government to prevent ecological disasters with spatial planning policies, stopping deforestation, enforcing laws against ecological crimes such as illegal logging, illegal mining, and others, restoring degraded ecosystems, including coastal ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrass meadows, and wetlands along the coastal area as an integral part of efforts to protect the environment and the safety of the people;

6. The Party's National Congress urges the government to improve disaster management by strengthening the disaster mitigation system through the implementation of integrated technology, institutional coordination and synergy, preparedness, emergency response, to post-disaster handling as a form of responsibility and the presence of the state in protecting the safety of the Indonesian people;

7. The Party's National Congress notes that the increase in global temperatures has led to a global climate crisis that has an impact on extreme weather, prolonged drought, floods and landslides, sea water intrusion and subsidence, sinking of small islands, forest and land fires, loss of biodiversity, food crises, and various social problems that harm society. The Party realizes that one of the main causes of the climate crisis is the use of fossil energy, so the Party's National Congress recommends the government to consistently and measurably implement the commitment to reduce emissions through the Net Zero Emission policy by accelerating the energy transition to renewable energy, increasing energy savings and strengthening international cooperation through the Just Energy Transition Plan;

8. The Party's National Congress affirms that "Caring for the Motherland" is an ideological attitude and the political line of the Party's struggle to overcome the ecological crisis that threatens the safety of the People and the future of the nation. The Party is committed to maintaining environmental sustainability and the safety of the People as the main priority in the face of natural disasters, especially climate change. Based on Pancasila and the teachings of Trisakti Bung Karno, the Party considers that humans and nature are one unity of life, so that development that damages the environment, deprives the People of living space, and sacrifices future generations is a form of betrayal of the ideals of independence and the mandate of the constitution. The I National Congress of the Party affirms that the management of natural resources must be under the sovereignty of the state by involving the People and is aimed at the greatest extent for the prosperity of the People and upholding ecological justice;

9. The I National Congress of the Party confirms the people's politics based on mutual cooperation as the original character of the Indonesian nation. The partiality to the people of the poor, farmers, fishermen, workers, indigenous people, informal workers, urban poor, MSMEs, women, and the younger generation is the embodiment of the struggle to realize social justice and ecological justice. The state must actively participate in protecting the entire nation and all Indonesian people, as well as advancing the common welfare. The state must not be controlled by the interests of big financiers, economic forces that monopolize and exploit resources;

10. In realizing national food sovereignty, the National Conference I of the Party encourages the government to strengthen the production capacity of farmers, fishermen, and livestock farmers as a fulfillment of national food needs. For this reason, the government must develop research and innovation in the field of food, ensure the means and infrastructure for national food production, protect the basic prices of food products for the people, and guarantee the protection of productive agricultural land and protect the seeds of the results of farmers' breeding. The National Conference also encourages the cultivation and utilization of local food as a fulfillment of the nutritional needs of the people;

11. The Party's National Congress is committed to supporting community initiatives to form cooperative business bodies organically and independently, so that cooperatives are truly a People's economic movement based on the principles of kinship and gotong royong;

12. The Party's National Congress encourages the strengthening of regional autonomy by ensuring fair and proportional allocation of transfer budget to the regions (TKD) in accordance with the Law on Financial Relations between the Central Government and Regional Governments. The National Congress assessed that the reduction of transfer budgets to the regions did not reflect the principles of justice and equity between the central and regional governments, and violated the principle of decentralization;

13. The I National Congress of the Party confirms the commitment of all levels of the Three Pillars of the Party to move solidly to implement the people's program by increasing the bias towards farmers, fishermen, workers, indigenous people, informal workers and all other layers of society to fight extreme poverty to 0 percent, prevention of stunting, encouraging the program to plant 10 companion crops of rice, and providing humanely decent work;

14. The I Party National Congress emphasizes the importance of safeguarding the sovereignty of the people to determine their leaders through the implementation of direct local elections to strengthen the legitimacy and certainty of a fixed term of five years. In relation to this, the I Party National Congress encourages the implementation of low-cost local elections, including the implementation of e-voting, enforcement of laws for electoral violations such as money politics, preventing the financing of candidate recommendations (political donations), limiting campaign costs, professionalism and integrity of election organizers;

15. The Party's National Congress emphasizes the importance of reforming the national political system in conjunction with reforming the legal system that is just. The reform of the political system is carried out by encouraging a simple multi-party system and confirming that the participants in the legislative elections are political parties in order to realize a simple multi-party system as a counterpart to the implementation of the presidential system;

16. The Party's National Congress emphasizes the importance of space for the participation of the younger generation to engage in politics, expression, freedom of opinion, creativity, innovation and collaboration, as well as developing all of its leadership capacity for the future of the nation and state. In relation to this, the state is obliged to encourage the mastery of science and technology, research and innovation, such as the development of artificial intelligence (Al) technology, semiconductor quantum computing, critical energy and minerals, as well as biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and protect their use;

17. The Party's National Congress encourages all elements of the nation to prevent the birth of populist authoritarianism by maintaining the ideals of Reformasi, especially in the institutionalization of people's sovereignty, eradication of corruption, collusion, and nepotism (KKN), strengthening the role of free press and protection of critical voices of civil society from political criminalization; enforcement of the rule of law, including the fair and impartial settlement of past serious human rights violations; strengthening the institutionalization of political parties; holding honest and fair elections; and placing the TNI as a defense tool for the State from external threats and the National Police as a State tool that carries out the functions of security and order in the country, in accordance with the spirit and history of its formation, and carries out its duties, functions, and authorities based on the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia;

18. The Party's National Congress urges the government to immediately carry out the transformation of the National Police through strengthening substantive political accountability, to ensure that the police are upright as a state tool that is loyal to the constitution, not to short-term power. The National Congress urges the president to tighten the check and balance mechanism through sharper parliamentary oversight and the empowerment of the Kompolnas with executive authority, so that police actions can be transparently accountable to the public. This transformation must be focused on cleansing the institution of practical political elements, the elimination of the 'dual function' of civil posts and the reallocation of budgets for the welfare of POLRI personnel who serve at the grassroots, to ensure a professional, humanistic and trustworthy POLRI;

19. The I National Congress of the Party emphasizes the importance of the independence of law enforcement, paying attention to the welfare of the law enforcement apparatus, and improving the multi-interpretable criminal law norms to ensure that the law enforcement process is not hijacked by political interests and business interests. Law enforcement, including the eradication of corruption, must not be used as a political power tool or a business competition tool. Such practices must be rejected because they undermine the principle of law enforcement. Independent law enforcement is expected to be able to become a major supporter of the realization of justice and legal certainty as the cita of the rule of law;

20. The Party's National Congress reaffirms the commitment to reform to make the TNI a professional army that is firm in the 1998 Reform mandate by staying away from practical politics. Rakernas I urges the government to continue to develop defense forces based on the principle of independence (Self-reliance), prioritizing domestic industries, and based on real threat studies without being dictated by the global market. In terms of internal governance, Rakernas I encourages the government to strengthen the organization mechanism based on meritocracy, seniority, and measurable career levels to maintain the solidity of the TNI, as well as maintain single loyalty to the Constitution. At the same time, the government to ensure the improvement of soldiers' welfare through decent allowances and operational facilities, commensurate with the risks of their service in the field of duty; and

21. The Party's National Congress is committed to building corruption prevention and good government in the internal political party, which includes anti-corruption education for all party cadres, especially those who occupy public positions, the development of an anti-money politics system, the strengthening of accountability for the management of political funds, transparent and objective political recruitment, and a firm ban for cadres who become public officials to abuse their authority, and ensure that the policies taken are policies that are in favor of the small community. Party cadres will strengthen anti-corruption values through the "JATI DIRI SOEKARNO" movement. JATI DIRI is an abbreviation of the Indonesian Republic Anti-Corruption Network which will be derived from the values of nationalism, anti-abuse of authority and Bung Karno's ideology as a proclaimer and the first President of the Republic of Indonesia.