A Second Chance
A number of survey institutions failed to rank the chances these parties. Some are backing the Sultan as President.
March 31, 2009
FOR the National Democratic Party (PDK), the Regional United Party and the Freedom Party, this year's elections are like a second chance. They failed to pass the electoral threshold in the 2004 elections, but have been able to return to the contest after the Constitutional Court annulled the rules. "I will dissolve the party if the vote share is again under 2.5 percent," said PDK President Ryaas Rasyid.
According to Ryaas, the party was actually form
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