Fails to consider religious concerns of supporters, Indonesian Islamic parties are losing popularity. People are turning instead to social Muslim groups to fulfil their aspirations, a new survey has found as reported in Jakarta Post, Wednesday, June 27.
“Islamic parties need to consolidate to regain their existence in politics,” Umar S. Bakry, executive director of the National Survey Institute said, The Jakarta Post reported Wednesday, June 27.
“Otherwise the remaining parties will collapse like the others.”
An LSN survey found that public support for Islamic parties in Indonesia has sharply dropped.
Nearly 15.7% of respondents said they support Islamic parties, down from 29.1% in 2009 and 38.3% in 2004.