Prosperous and Safe Aceh Party

The Prosperous and Safe Aceh Party (Indonesian: Partai Aceh Aman Sejahtera) is a regional political party in Indonesia. It contested the 2009 elections in the province of Aceh. The party is led by singer and poet, and former legislature member Ghazali Abbas, a former United Development Party member of the People's Representative Council. The party's electoral target in 2009 was eight seats, one from each voting district in Aceh.[1][2][3] However, the party garnered only 11,117 votes, 0.52 percent of the total turnout in Aceh. It failed to gain any seats in the local legislature and did not qualify to contest the 2014 elections.[4]

Prosperous and Safe Aceh Party
Partai Aceh Aman Sejahtera
ChairmanGhazali Abbas Adan
Secretary-GeneralNusri Hamid
Founded3 June 2007
HeadquartersBanda Aceh
IdeologyAceh regionalism
Pacifism
DPR seats0

References

  1. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/08/18/finally-aceh-local-parties-take-part-general-election.html Jakarta Post online: Finally, Aceh local parties take part general election Accessed 10/9/08
  2. International Crisis Group Update (2008) Briefing Asia Briefing N°81, Jakarta/Brussels, 9 September 2008 Indonesia: Pre-Election Anxieties in Aceh Archived 10 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Tempo magazine No. 0931/March 31-April 06, 2009, pp46-47
  4. Nainggolan, Bestian; Wahyu, Yohan (2016). Partai Politik Indonesia 1999-2019 (in Indonesian). Jakarta: Kompas Media Nusantara. pp. 227–228. ISBN 978-602-412-005-4.


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