Berkarya Party

Not to be confused with Golongan Karya or Functional Party of Struggle.
Berkarya Party
Partai Beringin Karya
General ChairmanMuchdi Purwopranjono
Secretary-GeneralFauzan Rachmansyah
Founded16 July 2016; 8 years ago (16 July 2016)
Split fromGolkar
HeadquartersJakarta
Youth wingAMPB (Berkarya Party Young Force)
GMB (Berkarya Young Movement)
Laskar Berkarya (Berkarya Army)
Women's wingSrikandi Partai Berkarya
IdeologyAnti-communism[1]
National conservatism
New Order revivalism[2]
Pancasila
Corporatism
Political positionRight-wing
Website
www.berkarya.id

The Berkarya Party (acronym for Beringin Karya, lit. 'Party of Functional Banyan') is an Indonesian political party formed in 2016. The party was formed to channel the political aspirations of former president Suharto's youngest son, Hutomo Mandala Putra, better known as Tommy Suharto. Tommy, a convicted murderer by proxy, lost the general chairmanship of the party in July 2020 after the government recognized the leadership of a breakaway faction headed by former general Muchdi Purwopranjono.[3] Berkarya came 11th out of 16 political parties that contested Indonesia's 2019 general election, receiving 2.09% of votes cast.[4] The party supported Tommy's former brother-in-law Prabowo Subianto's unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2019. After failing to win a 4% threshold necessary to gain seats in the national parliament, the party in 2020 split into rival factions: one led by Tommy and the government-recognized faction led by Muchdi.[5][6]

  1. ^ Tsarina Maharani (10 January 2019). "Berkarya: Yang Anti-Pak Harto Bisa Disimpulkan Prokomunis" [Berkarya Party: Those Who Are Against Suharto Can Be Concluded as Pro-Communists]. Detik.com (in Indonesian).
  2. ^ Dewi Nurita (4 December 2018). "Jawab Cak Imin, Priyo: Ideologi Partai Berkarya adalah Pak Harto" [Answering Cak Imin, Priyo: Berkarya Party's Ideology is Suharto]. Tempo (in Indonesian).
  3. ^ Shubert, Atika (26 July 2002). "Tommy Suharto jailed for murder". CNN. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Sindir Pemilu Curang, Tommy Ingin Ada Kader di Penyelenggara". CNN Indonesia. 8 July 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
  5. ^ Suptra, Andi (29 May 2018). "Partai Berkarya Hanya Dapat 2 Persen, Tommy Soeharto Gugat ke MK". detikcom. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  6. ^ Mansur, Ali (6 August 2020). "Alasan Berkarya Kubu Muchdi Pr Lengserkan Tommy Soeharto". Republika.co. Retrieved 8 August 2020.