The National Republic Party (Nasrep), the political party of former president Soeharto's favorite son, Tommy Soeharto, was upbeat that it would pass the factual verification process and compete in the 2014 general elections.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has announced that Nasrep had passed the factual verification stage at the central board level. "Our slogan is, 'We are sure we can'. We are prepared for this," Nasrep chairman Jus Usman Sumanegara said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Earlier, in the first stage of the verification process, the KPU decided to disqualify the party. The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP), however, ruled that the KPU had to repeat the factual verification process for the applications of 18 political parties that it had previously disqualified.

The KPU declared toward the end of October that 16 of 34 registered political parties had passed the administrative verification process for the 2014 elections and would proceed to the factual verification stage.

However, in early November, the Election Supervisory Committee (Bawaslu) recommended that the KPU advance 12 disqualified parties to the factual verification stage, stating that the commission had not been transparent in its work.

Following the first KPU decision, several Nasrep members packed up and left the party. "Ten members of our central board have decided to leave the party," Jus Usman said.