Great Indonesia Movement Party

Great Indonesia Movement Party
Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya
Chairman Prabowo Subianto
Secretary-General Ahmad Muzani
Founded 6 February 2008
Headquarters Jakarta
Ideology Indonesian nationalism[1]
Right-wing populism[2]
Pancasila
Ballot number 2
DPR Seats
73 / 560
Provincial DPRD Seats
241 / 2,147
[3]
Website
http://partaigerindra.or.id/

The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Indonesian: Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya, Gerindra) is a political party in Indonesia. In the 2014 presidential election, the party was represented by former Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command and Indonesian special forces commander[4] Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo lost to Joko Widodo in the 2014 Presidential Election, with 46.85% of the vote to Widodo's 53.15%.

Prabowo resigned from the Golkar Party in July 2008, with provincial level election teams formed in February 2009. The party then claimed a membership of approximately 15 million, with its support base coming from across Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The party was suggested by Prabowo's younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who helped pay for Gerindra's prime-time TV advertising campaign.[5][6]

The party won 4.5 percent of the vote in the 2009 legislative election, and was awarded 26 seats in the People's Representative Council.[7]

In the national legislative election on 9 April 2014, the party's vote share jumped to 11.8% (from 4.5% in 2009), making it the third most popular party in Indonesia.[8] Furthermore, Gerindra almost tripled the number of seats it won from 26 seats in 2009 to 73 seats in 2014.

Party platform

The party has a six-point action programme for 2014-2019:[9]

  1. Build an economy that is strong, sovereign, fair and prosperous.
  2. Implement a social economic system.
  3. Develop food and energy sovereignty and secure water resources.
  4. Improve the quality of human development in Indonesia through education, health, social, cultural and sports programs.
  5. Build infrastructure and preserve nature and the environment.
  6. Build a government that is free of corruption, strong, resolute and effective.

The party website provides more details of the party's beliefs:[10]

Politics

Gerindra pledges to reform the Indonesian political system to align it with the 1945 Constitution. The party believes that the post-reform political structure has moved too close to liberal democracy, and needs to be corrected to become democracy guided by the wisdom of the leadership in deliberations among deputies. Gerindra believes that Indonesia needs strong leadership.

Economics

The party asserts that economic policy must support a just welfare state and return to being society-based.

Public prosperity

The party promises to create jobs to reduce unemployment. It proposes a pro-farmer development policy that addresses systemic poverty and protects farmers from marginalization brought about by development.

Agriculture, fisheries and maritime affairs

Economic development under Gerindra would be focused on the development of agriculture.It notes that the fishing and maritime sector also has a large workforce and has huge potential to become a major contributor to national development, so would focus on fishermen.

The environment and forests

Gerindra recognises that climate change is an important issue. It notes that lack of infrastructure and lack of awareness about environmental conservation have brought Indonesia the most rapid forest destruction of any country. Therefore, it proposes proper management of the forests and seas to prevent damaging exploitation.

Social affairs, culture and education

Gerindra is concerned that globalization has involved the entry of foreign culture, and would strengthen and preserve Indonesian culture. The party supports the increase of education spending to 20 percent of the state budget.

The legal system under Gerindra would be reformed to streamline the structure of law enforcement agencies and eliminate their overlapping authority. It wants a simplification to bring justice and equality before the law.

Human rights

The party holds that human rights courts are an excess, because law and humanity are not separate. It emphasises the loyalty of citizens towards the state, saying citizens should respect their oaths towards the state as an organization and should respect the rights of the state; the state respects the rights of the people in accordance with the law.

Defense and security

Gerindra wants to 'modernise' military equipment and increase professionalism in the Indonesian military, promising to work for the development of a national defense industry.

Foreign affairs

The party supports a free and active foreign policy. It believes that the end of the Cold War has not resulted in the United States as the only superpower and that Russia under Vladimir Putin has restored respect for Russia's economy and military. Indonesia must play a role in the new international era.

Other areas

The party does not want regional autonomy to threaten national integrity, and will re-examine relevant laws to ensure this. The party is committed to freedom of religion and the rights of women, who comprise the majority of Indonesia citizens.

Election results

Legislative election results

Election Ballot number Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Party leader
2009 5
26 / 560
 4,642,795 4.46%[11] Increase26 seats, Opposition Prabowo Subianto (Founder Board Chair)
Suhardi (General Chair)
2014 6
73 / 560
 14,760,371 11.81%[12] Increase47 seats, Opposition Prabowo Subianto (Founder Board Chair)
Suhardi (General Chair)
2019 2

Presidential election results

Election Ballot number Pres. candidate Running mate 1st round
(Total votes)		 Share of votes Outcome 2nd round
(Total votes)		 Share of votes Outcome
2009 1 Megawati Sukarnoputri Prabowo Subianto 32,548,105 26.79% Lost Red X
2014 1 Prabowo Subianto[13] Hatta Rajasa 62,576,444 46.85% Lost Red X
2019 02 Prabowo Subianto Sandiaga Uno TBD TBD TBD

Note: Bold text suggests the party's member, or a former member who was still active in the party by the time of his nomination.

References

  1. ↑ Bourchier, David (2014). Illiberal Democracy in Indonesia. Routledge. p. 255.
  2. ↑ Kaltwasser, Cristóbal Rovira. The Oxford Handbook of Populism. Oxford University Press.
  3. ↑ Jakarta: "Jumlah Kursi & Fraksi DPRD DKI Jakarta Periode 2014-2019" (in Indonesian). DPRD DKI Jakarta.
    North Kalimantan: "Seluruh Parpol Kebagian Kursi di DPRD Kaltara". JPNN (in Indonesian). 29 April 2014.
    All others: "Data Perolehan Kursi DPRD Kabupaten Kota" (in Indonesian). University of Indonesia.
  4. ↑ "Current Data on the Indonesian Military Elite: 1 Jan 1998 - 31 Jan 1999". JSTOR 3351380.
  5. ↑ "Prabowo nominated as presidential candidate by Gerindra Party". Jakarta Post. 14 July 2008. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016.
  6. ↑ "Indonesia's dark-horse candidate". Asia Times Online. Mar 31, 2009.
  7. ↑ "KPU Ubah Perolehan Kursi Parpol di DPR (KPU Changes Allocations of Parties' seats in the DPR)". Indonesian General Election Commission (in Indonesian). 14 May 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  8. ↑ "KPU Successfully Set and Authorize Pileg Results On Time". indonesiaelectionportal.org. May 10, 2014.
  9. ↑ "6 Program Aksi Tranformasi Bangsa Partai Gerindra (2014-2019) (Gerindra Party's 6 Action programs to Transform the Nation (2014-2019))" (in Indonesian). Gerindra Party website.
  10. ↑ "Manifesto Perjuangan Partai Gerindra (Gerindra Manifesto)" (in Indonesian). Gerindra Party website.
  11. ↑ "Bab V - Hasil Pemilu - KPU" (PDF) (in Indonesian). Komisi Pemilihan Umum Republik Indonesia. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  12. ↑ "KPU sahkan hasil pemilu, PDIP nomor satu" (in Indonesian). BBC. 10 May 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  13. ↑ Wardah, Fathiyah (19 May 2014). "6 Parpol Dukung Pasangan Prabowo-Hatta dalam Pilpres". Voice of America Indonesia (in Indonesian). Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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