Kim Dotcom, founder of the Megaupload sharing service that was shut down by the FBI in 2012, wants to take his talents to the New Zealand Parliament.

Dotcom has formally launched a political party in New Zealand ahead of the country's general elections in September. The new Internet Party is a “movement for the freedom of the Internet and technology, for privacy and political reform,” Dotcom commented at a press conference in advance of the launch, the BBC reported.

According to the party’s website, its aim is to “give you faster, cheaper Internet, create high-tech jobs, protect your privacy, and safeguard our independence.” Other agenda items include copyright reform and creating a secure digital currency in New Zealand. The Internet Party even has an app.

Dotcom originally wanted to launch his political party with a giant celebration in January, but he canceled it when he was informed that it might run afoul of New Zealand election laws.

The US government is currently seeking extradition of Dotcom in order to try him for what Department of Justice prosecutors have called Megaupload’s facilitation of illegal downloading of media content and copyright infringement on a massive scale, to the tune of $175 million. Dotcom denies any wrongdoing.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has dismissed Dotcom’s political aspirations, comparing his party to one formed by a television comedy duo as a stunt. “I put him in that grouping of a whole bunch of sort of random minnow kind of people. Whether it’s Bill and Ben or McGillicuddy Serious or a bunch of other people, he’s in that grouping,” said Key.