The NasDem Party (Indonesian: Partai NasDem) is a political party in Indonesia. It is partly funded by media baron Surya Paloh who founded the similarly named organization, National Democrats (Indonesian: Nasional Demokrat). Despite this, and logo similarity, Nasional Demokrat has insisted that it is not linked with the party. On May 17 2023, the Secretary General of the NasDem Party, Johnny G. Plate was named a suspect in the corruption case of the 4G BTS Infrastructure project in frontier, remote and disadvantaged areas which was estimated to result in state losses of more than IDR 8 trillion.
NasDem Party Partai NasDem | |
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General Chairman | Surya Paloh |
Secretary-General | Hermawi Taslim (acting) |
DPR group leader | Ahmad Ali |
Founded | 1 February 2011 |
Split from | Golkar |
Headquarters | Jakarta |
Student wing | Liga Mahasiswa NasDem (NasDem Student League) |
Youth wing | Garda Pemuda NasDem (NasDem Youth Guard) |
Women's wing | Garnita Malahayati (Malahayati Women's Guard) |
Membership (2022) | 395,949 |
Ideology | Pancasila Indonesian nationalism Secularism |
Political position | Centre to centre-left |
National affiliation | Onward Indonesia Coalition Advanced Indonesia Coalition |
International affiliation | Progressive Alliance Network of Social Democracy in Asia |
Slogan | Gerakan Perubahan (Movement for Change) |
Ballot number | 5 |
DPR seats | 59 / 575 |
DPRD I seats | 186 / 2,232 |
DPRD II seats | 1,628 / 17,340 |
Website | |
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History
The Party has its origins in a now-dormant youth-focused NGO called Nasional Demokrat (National Democrats) founded by Surya Paloh, who owns the media conglomerate Media Group, and Hamengkubuwono X, the sultan of Yogyakarta in 2010. It received extensive coverage on media owned by Surya Paloh. In 2011, Hamengkubuwono left the organization, unhappy with its transformation into a political party. Less than a month later, Surya Paloh formed the NasDem Party, and appointed former National Mandate Party (PAN) politician Patrice Rio Capella as its first chairman.[citation needed]
The party was officially declared on 26 July 2011, although it had previously registered to the Ministry of Law and Human Rights in March. At the party's first convention in January 2013, Surya Paloh was appointed party chairman for the 2013 - 2018 term. The conference also conferred on him full authority to determine party strategy and policies and to win the 2014 election. Later the same month, one of the other founders and financial backers, media tycoon Hary Tanoesoedibjo, founder of the huge Media Nusantara Citra media group, suddenly left the party in protest at Surya Paloh's appointment and defected to the People's Conscience Party, led by former general Wiranto. Hary subsequently became that party's vice-presidential candidate. In late 2013 the NasDem Party applied to contest the 2014 elections, and on 7 January 2014 the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced that the NasDem was the only new party that met all the requirements. It competed along with 12 other national parties.
Before founding the party, Surya Paloh had been a senior member of the Golkar Party for 40 years and rose to become chairman of the party's advisory council. He contested the presidential nomination at the 2004 Golkar convention, but lost. In 2009, Golkar nominated Jusuf Kalla as its candidate. However, Surya Paloh has "repeatedly denied" that he formed the NasDem Party to allow him to run for the presidency again. During the 2014 election campaign, the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission criticized Surya Paloh-owned news network MetroTV for its excessive coverage of the party.
In June 2021, the party again came under fire from public when one of its cadre, parliament speaker of Tolikara Regency, Papua was allegedly supplying money and arms to armed groups under Free Papua Movement. The party denied such allegations and said that if proven, they are ready to fire the accused from the party.
Political identities
Ideology
The 2008 Law on Political Parties states that political parties are allowed to include specific characteristics that reflect their political aspirations, as long as they do not contradict Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution. As per Articles 3 and 4 in its constitution and bylaws (AD/ART), NasDem is founded on Pancasila and identifies itself as the "Movement for the Restoration of Indonesia". Outsider views on the party's political orientation vary. Academic and domestic observers classified NasDem as a nationalist party, while their international counterparts described it as a secular-nationalist party.
Party platform
According to its articles of association (AD/ART), the party aims to establish a democratic, just, and sovereign society. The party's foundation lies in nationalism with three objectives: achieving national independence, economic sovereignty, and cultural dignity. According to the party website, the party's policies are to:
- Fulfill the needs of the people
- Reject democracy that merely complicates governance without bringing about general prosperity and that only leads to power routinely changing hands without producing quality leaders that set an example.
- Build a mature democracy
- Build a democracy based on strong people who are called on to bring about a bright future
- Restore the ideals of the Indonesian Republic.
- Support the constitutional mandate to build a prosperous nation based on the principles of economic democracy, a law-based state that holds human rights in high regard, and a nation that recognizes diversity
- Bring about a nation that is just, prosperous and sovereign through a Movement for Change to Restore Indonesia.
Cadre training
Unlike most political parties in Indonesia which relied on informal training programs for the cadre specialized education and training, the NasDem Party owned its own formalized, advanced and specialized cadre education and training facility named Akademi Bela Negara Nasional Demokrat (English: National Defense Academy of National Democrats), or colloquially called ABN NasDem. ABN NasDem is a political corporate university, the only kind in Indonesia. ABN NasDem institution and courses modeled after Indonesia primary national leadership education and training facility, National Resilience Institute (Indonesian: Lembaga Ketahanan Nasional). The academy founded by Surya Paloh and IGK Manila. The academy was inaugurated by Joko Widodo on 16 July 2017. The training materials were condensed into 48 credits for 4 months. It does not issue any degree.
Election results
Legislative election results
Election | Ballot number | Total seats won | Total votes | Share of votes | Outcome of election | Party leader |
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2014 | 1 | 35 / 560 | 8,402,812 | 6.72% | 35 seats, Governing coalition | Surya Paloh |
2019 | 5 | 59 / 575 | 12,661,792 | 9.05% | 23 seats, Governing coalition | Surya Paloh |
2024 | 5 | 69 / 580 | 14,660,516 | 9.66% | 10 seats, Governing coalition | Surya Paloh |
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 |
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2014 | 2 | Joko Widodo | Jusuf Kalla | 70,997,833 | 53.15% | Elected | |||
2019 | 01 | Joko Widodo | Ma'ruf Amin | 85,607,362 | 55.50% | Elected | |||
2024 | 01 | Anies Baswedan | Muhaimin Iskandar | 40,971,906 | 24.95% | Lost |
Note: Bold text suggests the party's member
References
Sources
- Bulkin, Nadia (2013-10-24). "Indonesia's Political Parties". Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- Lee, Christian; Paath, Carlos K. Y. (2019-05-31). "How Different Are Political Parties in Indonesia From One Another?". Jakarta Globe. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- Saifulloh, Putra Perdana Ahmad (December 2016). "Kewajiban Partai Politik Berideologi Pancasila Ditinjau dari Prinsip-Prinsip Negara Hukum Indonesia" [The obligation of political parties to embrace the ideology of Pancasila: examined from the principles of the rule of law in Indonesia]. Pandecta Research Law Journal (in Indonesian). 11 (2). doi:10.15294/pandecta.v11i2.9276 (inactive 2024-02-16).
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External links
- Official website (in Indonesian)