Jakarta – The newly-established One Republic Party denied rumors of Soeharto family involvement.

Rumors had spread that Tommy Soeharto, the son of former president Soeharto, is playing a important role within the party. "No. No one from the Soeharto family is in the party. We only carry with us a spirit of Cendana, which the people of Indonesia will be able to feel," Republic One chief Yusad Siregar said Saturday, as quoted by tribunnews.com.

He also said there was no financial support provided to the party by Tommy Soeharto. "There are no donations [from Tommy]," Yusad said. "The costs of the party are covered by its activists," he added.

He explained that the only link between the party and Soeharto was a similar vision. "We do love Cendana and Pak Harto. Why do we love him? Because of his programs," Yusad said.

One of Soeharto's visions now being taken on board by Republic One Party is to develop Indonesia as an agrarian country.

"Back to agriculture. Back to implementing agrarian programs. We know that our country is an agrarian country. After Pak Harto the agrarian Indonesia has been lost. We want to bring that back," Yusad said.

Several new parties have emerged on the Indonesian political scene leading up to 2014 general elections. Before the declaration of the Republic One Party, other parties such as the Democratic National Party (Nasdem), the Republic National Party (Nasrep) and the Indonesia Sovereignty Party also introduced themselves as contenders in the political arena. (awd)