Garuda Party

The Change Indonesia Guardian Party (Indonesian: Partai Garda Perubahan Indonesia), better known as the Garuda Party, is a political party in Indonesia that contested the 2019 general election. The party has been linked to the family of former president Suharto.[1] Officials have denied the party is linked to the Suharto family or to former general Prabowo Subianto's Gerindra Party.[2] Garuda declared itself to be neutral in the April 2019 presidential election, although some of its officials and legislative candidates voiced support for Prabowo.[3][4]

Change Indonesia Guardian Party
Partai Garda Perubahan Indonesia
General ChairmanAhmad Ridha Sabana
Secretary-GeneralYohanna Murtika
Founded16 April 2015 (16 April 2015)
Split fromGolkar
HeadquartersJakarta
IdeologyPancasila
Political positionCentre
National affiliationAdvanced Indonesia Coalition
Ballot number11
DPR seats
0 / 575
DPRD I seats
2 / 2,232
DPRD II seats
33 / 17,340
Website
www.partaigaruda.org

Background

In 2007, former information minister Harmoko, also a former chairman of Golkar, founded the National People’s Party (PKN), which failed to qualify for the 2009 general election. In April 2015, PKN was renamed the Change Indonesia Movement Party (Garuda). The party’s constitution, bylaws, symbol and senior figures were all changed, making it unrecognizable from PKN.[5]

Garuda Party was registered with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights on 16 April 2015.[6] The party espouses a nationalist platform.

Little was known of the party's leaders or policies prior to its registration for the 2019 election being accepted by the General Elections Commission (KPU) in October 2017.[7] Party chairman Ahmad Ridha Sabana has said Garuda Party is a party of young people who want to contribute to national development.[8]

According to KPU data, Garuda Party has 693,191 members across 509 of Indonesia's 514 regencies, and 36.36% of its members are women.[9]

Key personnel
  • Chairman: Ahmad Ridha Sabana.
  • Secretary General: Abdullah Mansuri. He is chairman of the Indonesian Market Traders Association (IKAPPI). He is the subject of several articles on cendananews.com, a news portal that reports on the activities of Suharto's children.[10]

Election results

Legislative election results
Election Ballot number Total seats won Total votes Share of votes Outcome of election Party leader
2019 6
0 / 575
 702,536 0.50%[11] Steady0 seats Ahmad Ridha Sabana

Presidential election results
Election Ballot number Candidate Running mate 1st round
(Total votes)		 Share of votes Outcome 2nd round
(Total votes)		 Share of votes Outcome
2019 Neutral Neutral

Note: Bold text suggests the party's member

Controversies

Garuda Party chairman Ahmad Ridha Sabana in February 2018 denied media reports that the party was linked to Tutut Suharto. He said Garuda is independent and was “built by youths”. He admitted to working for Tutut in the past but said he was no longer president director of her TPI (now MNCTV) television network. He also denied his party was connected to Gerindra Party, although he acknowledged he had in 2014 stood as a Gerindra candidate for the Jakarta provincial legislative assembly. He also admitted his brother Ahmad Riza Patria was a Gerindra politician.[12]

Ridha denied Garuda Party’s name and mythical garuda bird emblem were deliberately similar to Gerindra’s name and garuda bird logo. He also rejected claims that Garuda Party’s bird design resembles the Nazi party's eagle emblem.[13]

References
  1. Suud, Yuswardi A. (18 October 2017). "Menilik Partai Garuda, Siapa di Belakang Mereka?". Parlemen.co. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. Hanifah, Syifa (19 February 2018). "Partai Garuda bantah terkait dengan keluarga cendana & Prabowo". Merdeka.com. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. "Berbeda Dukungan Pilpres, Partai Garuda Bengkulu Dukung Prabowo-Sandi". Radio Republik Indonesia. 12 May 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  4. Rizal (9 November 2018). "80 Persen Caleg Garuda Sulsel Dukung Prabowo-Sandi". rakyatku.com. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
  5. Widhana, Dieqy Hasbi (20 June 2018). "Metamorfosis Partai Garuda, dari Harmoko ke Big Data". Tirto. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
  6. "Jelang Penutupan, Partai Garuda dan PBI Ikut Daftar". BALIPOST.com. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  7. "Daftar ke KPU, Partai Garuda Mengaku Punya Gerakan Senyap". TRIBUNnews.com. 15 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  8. "Mendaftar di KPU, Partai Garuda Ingin Berkontribusi". Komisi Pemilihan Umum Republik Indonesia. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  9. "Rekapitulasi Partai Politik yang mendaftar menjadi Calon Peserta Pemilu Tahun 2019". Komisi Pemilihan Umum Indonesia. Komisi Pemilihan Umum Indonesia. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. "Keputusan Carian: Abdullah Mansuri". Cendana News. PT. Media Cendana Nusantara. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. Zunita Putri (21 May 2019). "KPU Tetapkan Hasil Pileg 2019: PDIP Juara, Disusul Gerindra-Golkar". Detik.com. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  12. "Ini Dia Hubungan Partai Garuda dengan Gerindra". PT. Viva Media Baru. 19 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  13. Putri, Riani Sanusi (19 February 2018). "Partai Garuda Bantah Terkait dengan Tutut Soeharto dan Gerindra". Tempo.co. Retrieved 22 February 2018.


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