Berkarya Party
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Working Party
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| Chairman | Neneng A. Tuty |
| Secretary-General | Badaruddin Andi Picunang |
| Founded | 16 July 2016 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Ideology | Pancasila |
| Ballot number | |
| DPR Seats | 0 |
| Website | |
| www |
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Berkarya Party (the Working Party) is an Indonesian political party formed in 2016. The party supports the presidential aspirations of former president Suharto’s youngest son Hutomo Mandala Putra, better known as Tommy Suharto.
Tommy Suharto in 2009 contested the leadership of Golkar Party, his father's former political vehicle, but failed to win any votes. In 2016, it was announced that Tommy would again contest the Golkar leadership but he did not enter the race. Instead, he joined the newly formed Berkarya Party.
Berkarya is an amalgamation of Beringin Karya Party and National Republic (Nasrep) Party. It was established on 15 July 2016 to coincide with Tommy's birthday, and was recognized by the government as a legitimate political party on 17 October 2016.
Controversially, Berkarya Party uses Golkar's distinctive banyan tree logo and yellow color. Berkarya Chairwoman Neneng A. Tuty said these were just similarities and not an effort to imitate Golkar.
In 2017, Berkarya announced it would nominate Tommy for the presidency for the 2019-2023 period "to restore Indonesia's glory, such as food self-sufficiency, development and creating justice in the country".
Berkarya’s website states the party aims to fight for the people's aspirations and interests in every political and government decision and policy.
In the first year of its existence, Barkarya established its presence in all 34 Indonesian provinces and in 514 regencies and districts, in line with verification requirements for parties seeking to contest the 2019 elections. The party hopes to be ranked among the top three parties in 2019 by capitalizing on nostalgia for the Suharto era. Neneng in 2017 said “we think could be in the top two” because many leaders have wanted to join the party, while many people miss the prosperity of the Suharto era.
Berkarya in 2017 inaugurated a party wing called Perisai (meaning ‘Shield’, an acronym from Patriot Organisasi Pagar Negeri or National Fence Patriot Organization). Perisai Chairman Tri Joko Susilo said the organization aims to guard Tommy and the party’s agenda, and protect Indonesia from poverty, disintegration and global challenges. The organization would seek to improve commodity distribution chains to redress imbalances that presently favor middlemen over farmers. Perisai plans to gradually build warehouses or transit points for agricultural products, plantations and fishermen's produce, so that middlemen will no longer exploit producers. Tri Joko said Perisai will help to restore Indonesia’s glory in food self-sufficiency by promoting the use of organic fertilizers to improve soil quality and yields.
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