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(PNI) because of their dissatisfaction with the PNI's increasingly left-wing stance. Its chairman was

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, governor of

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. The party aimed to be based on neither religion like the

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or a western political outlook (like the PNI). Initially known as the PNI-Merdeka (PNI-Independent) it subsequently changed its name to the Great Indonesia Unity Party. In 1954, following an internal dispute about whether the party should continue to serve in the

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, it split into two factions. In the

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, the faction led by

won 0.5 percent of the vote, while the faction led by

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won 0.3 percent. Each faction was awarded one seat in the legislature, the

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