Ex-News Anchor to Become Nation’s Youngest Party Leader

The Jakarta Globe, Mar 29, 2015


Jakarta. Former news anchor Grace Natalie is working on the establishment of a new political party run entirely by young people, she announced on Sunday.

“I am officially [engaged in] politics. Together with several young colleagues, [we are] building a new party named Indonesian Solidarity Party, or PSI in short,” the party’s prospective chairwoman said.

Grace added that Raja Juli Antoni, a young activist with a Muhammadiyah background, would act as secretary general.

The entire party, the former journalist said, would consist of young people with no prior political experience.

Grace, 32, worked for various television stations before she became the CEO of survey institute Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) in 2012.

If the PSI is officially established, Grace would be the nation’s youngest political party leader and only the second woman holding that position, after Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman and former president Megawati Soekarnoputri.



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