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Hanura, party allied with Jokowi, fails to obtain House seats
Hanura is the only party currently in the House of Representatives that has failed to secure seats for the upcoming term.
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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo (right) shakes hands with Hanura Party patron Wiranto (second left), who is accompanied by party chairman Oesman Sapta Odang (second right) and secretary-general Sarifuddin Sudding. (The Jakarta Post/Zul Trio Anggono)
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fter thriving for a decade, the Hanura Party has failed to obtain any seats in the House of Representatives for the next five years, making it the only faction among the 10 currently in the legislative body that has could not extend its presence.
Hanura, a member of the ruling coalition supporting incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s reelection, fell short of the parliamentary threshold necessary to acquire seats in the House, as shown by the final vote count of the 2019 legislative elections by the General Elections Commission (KPU).
The KPU announced in the early hours of Tuesday that Hanura secured only 1.54 percent of the national vote, far below the minimum electoral threshold of 4 percent set by the 2017 Elections Law.
The party even gained fewer votes than the three newcomers that participated in the April election, the Perindo Party, the Berkarya Party and the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), which respectively secured 2.67 percent, 2.09 percent and 1.89 percent of the votes.
Hanura’s loss, which was predicted by quick-count results after voting day last month, has led to finger-pointing between Hanura chairman Oesman Sapta Odang and the party’s patron, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto, revealing yet another internal rift in the party.
Oesman, a businessman-turned-politician, recently blamed Wiranto for the party’s failure, saying “Don’t ask me why Hanura has lost, ask Wiranto instead,” in his speech before Jokowi and some state officials during an iftar dinner at his official residence.
In response, Wiranto said that if he was to be blamed, the only mistake that he had committed was appointing Oesman to be Hanura chairman, replacing himself after he became a minister in Jokowi’s Cabinet in 2016.
