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Aburizal's detractors to hold national meeting
Three organizations linked to the Golkar Party are planning to hold a national meeting in an initial move to rally for an early end to Aburizal Bakrieâs chairmanship of the party
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hree organizations linked to the Golkar Party are planning to hold a national meeting in an initial move to rally for an early end to Aburizal Bakrie's chairmanship of the party.
Known as the old guard that cofounded Golkar, the three institutions ' the Central Organization for Indonesian Employees (SOKSI), the Mutual Assistance Consultative Organization (MKGR) and Kosgoro ' are gathering their regional leaders in the capital to recommend a Golkar national meeting to unseat Aburizal.
After the General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Aug. 22 that Prabowo Subianto and his running mate, Hatta Rajasa, had lost the presidential election, Golkar members blamed Aburizal for choosing to join Prabowo's Gerindra Party coalition, and requested his early departure to pave the way for Golkar to join the new administration led by Prabowo's rival, Joko Widodo.
'We have invited the leaders of our regional branches so that their voices can be heard,' SOKSI chairman Lawrence TP Siburian said on Sunday as quoted by kompas.com. He claimed that so far, the three organizations had garnered support from the leaders of Golkar branches in Bali, North Sulawesi, Aceh and Papua.
