Great Indonesia Movement Party
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Great Indonesia Movement Party
Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya |
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| Chairman | Prabowo Subianto |
| Secretary-General | Ahmad Muzani |
| Founded | 6 February 2008 |
| Headquarters | Jakarta |
| Ideology | Pancasila |
| Ballot number | 6 |
| Presidential candidate | Prabowo Subianto (2014) |
| DPR Seats |
73 / 560
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| Website | |
| http://partaigerindra.or.id/ | |
The Great Indonesia Movement Party (Indonesian: Partai Gerakan Indonesia Raya, Gerindra) is a political party in Indonesia. The party has nominated former Indonesian Army Strategic Reserve Command and Indonesian special forces commander Lieutenant General Prabowo Subianto as its presidential candidate.
Prabowo only resigned from the Golkar Party in July 2008, and the provincial level election teams were formed as recently as February 2009. The party claims a membership of approximately 15 million, with the party's base of support across Java, Sumatra, Kalimantan and Sulawesi. The idea for the party name came from Prabowo's younger brother, Hashim Djojohadikusumo, who helped pay for Gerindra's prime-time TV advertising campaign.
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.
The party almost tripled its popularity from the 2009 election (4.5% of the vote) to receiving 11.81% of the vote in the national legislative election on 9 April 2014, making it the third most popular party in Indonesia. Furthermore, Gerindra almost tripled the number of seats it won from 26 seats in 2009 to 73 seats in 2014.
The party has a 6-point action program for 2014-2019:
The party website provides more details of the party's beliefs:
The party will work to reform the Indonesian political system so it is in accordance 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.
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