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Golkar rebels to be inaugurated
The House of Representatives will go ahead with its plan to inaugurate two Golkar Party politicians who have been dismissed from the party for their rebellious stance
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he House of Representatives will go ahead with its plan to inaugurate two Golkar Party politicians who have been dismissed from the party for their rebellious stance.
The two Golkar politicians are Nusron Wahid and Agus Gumiwang, who were dismissed from the party for supporting the presidential bid of president-elect Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and running mate Jusuf Kalla, a former Golkar chairman, instead of Gerindra Party chairman Prabowo Subianto and running mate Hatta Rajasa.
'We tried our best [to stop their inauguration], but the General Elections Commission [KPU] said they could still be inaugurated,' Golkar spokesman Tantowi Yahya said.
Tantowi said the Golkar had written to the KPU about its decision to dismiss the two politicians.
The KPU insisted that it could recommend that elected lawmakers not be inaugurated only if they were under investigation for graft.
As punishment for not toeing the party line, Golkar previously removed Agus ' the son of Ginandjar Kartasasmita, a senior Golkar member and former minister under Soeharto ' from the chairmanship of House Commission I on defense and foreign affairs.
Golkar also removed Nusron from House Commission XI, which oversees finance, banking and national development planning.
