Hary Tanoesoedibjo established Perindo Party following his disappointing forays into politics with two other parties. In 2011, he joined the Nasdem Party of fellow media baronSurya Paloh, but he quit the party in January 2013 after a falling out with Paloh. In February 2013, he announced he would launch a mass organization called Perindo, which he hoped would eventually become a political party. In mid-2013 he joined the People's Conscience Party, which nominated him as the running mate of former military commander Wiranto for the 2014 presidential election, but the party was unable to field candidates after a poor showing in the 2014 general election. Hary left Hanura because he disagreed with its decision to support Joko Widodo in the 2014 presidential election. He subsequently transformed Perindo into a full political party, launched at Jakarta International Expo convention center in Kemayoran, Jakarta on 7 February 2015. Hary has stated he may consider running for the Indonesian presidency in 2019. Under Indonesia's election rules, he will need to be nominated by a party or coalition that controls at least 20% of seats in parliament or won 25% of the popular vote in the previous general election. Perindo has said it may consider filing for a judicial review if the House of Representatives insists on maintaining this threshold. In 2017 Hary was investigated for intimidation after allegedly sending tax investigators looking into his company's tax returns an SMS announcing that he would "cleanse" the country of undemocratic law enforcers once he had become Indonesia's leader.
Political alliances
Perindo was allied with former general Prabowo Subianto's Great Indonesia Movement Party, which is part of the Red and White Coalition that stands in opposition to President Joko Widodo. Hary in 2015 declared that Perindo and KMP share the same ideology "to fight for the people". In 2017, Perindo declared its support for Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno, who were victorious in the 19 April runoff Jakarta gubernatorial election, defeating Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. However, for the 2019 presidential election, it declared its support for incumbent Joko Widodo.
Party platform
Like other Indonesian secular parties, Perindo espouses values of prosperity and justice for all Indonesian citizens. The party's official vision is to make Indonesia a progressive, united, fair, affluent, prosperous, sovereign, dignified and cultured nation. Perindo's six-point mission statement is: 1. Realizing a just government, which upholds the values of law in accordance with the 1945 Constitution. 2. Realizing a government free of corruption, collusion and nepotism for an independent and dignified Indonesia. 3. Realizing a sovereign, dignified Indonesia in order to maintain the integrity of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. 4. Creating a just, affluent and prosperous society based on Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution in the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. 5. Upholding rights, human rights and supremacy of the law in which Pancasila and the 1945 Constitution to realize justice and legal certainty in order to protect the life of the people, nation and state. 6. Encouraging national economic growth that contributes directly to the welfare of Indonesian citizens.
Leadership
Chairman: Hary Tanoesoedibjo
Head of Organization: Syafril Nasution
Head of Cadres, Members and Witnesses: Armyn Gultom
