National People's Party

The National People's Party (, PRN) was a nationalist political party in Indonesia. The party was initially called Indonesian National Party - Merdeka ('Freedom'), and was formed on 23 July 1950 after a split within the Indonesian National Party (PNI). The divisions with the PNI had appeared at the party congress in May the same year, when Sidik Djojosukarto's followers (whom the founders of PNI-Merdeka/PRN opposed) had emerged victorious (after the split the PNI labelled the PRN as 'right-wing' and 'capitalistic'). Dr. Djody Gondokusumo was the chairman of the party. When the People's Representative Council was established following the dissolution of the United States of Indonesia and the establishment of Indonesia as a unitary state, the PRN was given 10 legislative seats. In October 1950, the PRN was the only non-government party to support the Natsir cabinet when a vote of confidence was held in parliament. Later in the same month, the party adopted the name PRN. As of 1951 the party claimed to have two million members, although that figure was probably highly inflated. In March 1951 the party joined ten other parties, including the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI), in the Consultative Body of Political Parties, a nationalist coalition established as form for the PKI and the Indonesian National Party (PNI) to work together. However, the PNI refused to join the body, making it ineffective.