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According to Hanura’s official website, the party’s basic principles are piety, self-reliance, solidarity, democracy and simplicity.
Founder Wiranto is a former commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (ABRI; renamed in April 1999 as the Indonesian Military/TNI), and his influence is evident in the party’s strong nationalist sentiments.
Hanura was founded on Nov. 14, 2006 by Wiranto, along with other prominent figures affiliated with the New Order regime, including former taxation director general Fuad Bawazier and former army chief of staff General Subagyo HS.
Their inaugural meeting to discuss the establishment of a new political party to cater to their interests was held in Jakarta on Nov. 13, the day before its formal founding date.
Their founding aim was to restore the function of a political party as an entity to promote political education, recruit national leaders and ultimately develop public welfare.
Early years
A second meeting was held on Dec. 21, 2006 to officially declare the establishment of the party, which was named Partai Hati Nurani Rakyat (People’s Conscience Party), more commonly known as Hanura.
Wiranto emphasized that the party's objective was to facilitate a united political approach, rejecting perceptions at the time that Hanura was created solely to serve as a political vehicle for his presidential bid in the 2009 general election.
In January 2008, during the party’s first national congress in Jakarta, Wiranto articulated the party's aspiration to become an organic political party, capable of sustaining itself regionally and locally with a degree of autonomy from its central body.
Hanura gained legal recognition from the Law and Human Rights Ministry in April 2008 and passed the factual verification process of the General Elections Commission (KPU) in July 2008, which permitted it to participate in the 2009 election.
Internal conflicts and decline
Hanura experienced an internal conflict in 2019, marked by tensions between chairman Oesman Sapta Odang and founder Wiranto, who was named as the head of the party’s board of patrons.
This conflict stemmed from the party’s division in 2018 into two factions, the Manhattan and Ambhara factions, which in turn led to a dual leadership, with Daryatmo of the Ambhara faction and Oesman of the Manhattan faction each claiming the Hanura chairmanship.
Tensions again flared between Oesman and Wiranto in May 2019, after the party failed to win any seats in the legislative election held the previous month. Oesman blamed Wiranto for the party's electoral failure, resulting in a public exchange of accusations.
The conflict intensified later that year when Wiranto, who had been appointed as chair of the Presidential Advisory Board, faced pressure from the Oesman faction to resign from the party. In response, he called for Oesman to resign as Hanura chairman.
The dispute culminated in Wiranto's exclusion from the third Hanura national congress, a move that raised questions about the party's internal dynamics.
Oesman's chairmanship as well as other members of the 2019-2020 Hanura central executive board were confirmed on Jan. 24, 2020 at the Jakarta Convention Center, with Wiranto’s name conspicuously missing from the party's leadership, whether as an advisor or in any other role.
Hanura has no seats in the House, so no records exist regarding their stance on key national policies.
Convicted high-profile members:
Dewie Yasin Limpo
Dewie, formerly a member of House Commission VII overseeing energy affairs, and her aide Bambang Wahyu Hadi were both found guilty in 2016 of accepting bribes totaling US$130,985 to approve a budget allocation of Rp 50 billion ($3.2 million) for developing a micro hydro power plant in Deiyai regency, Papua.
Miryam S. Haryani
The former Hanura lawmaker was named a suspect on April 5, 2017 on allegations of giving false testimony in the corruption trial of two former Home Ministry officials related to the high-profile graft scandal over electronic ID cards. Miryam was later sentenced to five years in prison.
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