This paper examines the political motive of the emergence and formation of Gerakatan Arah Baru Indonesia (loosely: Indonesian New Direction Movement, GARBI). The emergence is assessed by a threefold motive: material-insentive, solidarity-insentive, and idealism-insentive while the formation is measured by a threefold structure: political opportunity, mobilization, and framing. Methodologically, it is qualitative research by applying two data-gathering techniques: in-depth interview and documentary. The finding demonstrates that among the three motives, the solidarity-insentive can be proven as the determining factor which influences the emergence of GARBI. In the meantime, framing is the dominant structure among others. It indicates that GARBI is not merely an elite movement because of the power of solidarity which purely originated from GARBI devotees in the grassroots. By utilizing framing strategy, the GARBI formation could dominate public perceptions