The party was established on 2 May 2011 in Jakarta by activists from Indonesian People's Solidarity for Justice (, abbreviated as
SMI-Keadilan). Among notable party founders are
early New Order-era political activist Rahman Tolleng, lawyer
Todung Mulya Lubis, and
philosopher and former lecturer
Rocky Gerung. The party's registration application was initially rejected by the
Ministry of Law and Human Rights in 2011, forcing the party to appeal the rejection to the
Constitutional Court on August at the same year. After the
Ministry of Law and Human Rights approved the party application, the party sought participation in the
2014 election. However, the party deemed not qualified to participate by the authority after failing in the administration verification phase in 2012. SRI leadership denounced the decision, suspecting it was politically motivated and insisted the party had fulfilled all administrative requirements. Despite being aware a political party has been established on her behalf, Indrawati never conveyed any endorsement or commitment to support the party. == Party executives ==