as a dominant youth force in indonesia, gpk declared its support to habibie's presidency in the 1999 indonesian legislative election. prior to the 1999 general session of the people's representative council, the jakarta branch of gpk held a rally on 9 october 1999, urging the nation not to interfere the process of habibie's candidacy as president, and also requested that whatever the result of the session, there must be no riots preceding it. ahmad murda, chairman of the jakarta branch of gpk promised that the rioting forces will be "faced directly by gpk".