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Golkar young blood object to new congress
The youth wing of the Golkar Party has proposed a new congress to reconcile two conflicting factions in the party and has asked candidates from both sides to run for chairperson
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he youth wing of the Golkar Party has proposed a new congress to reconcile two conflicting factions in the party and has asked candidates from both sides to run for chairperson.
The wing is urging young members such as Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Airlangga Hartarto and Mahyudin to run in a chairmanship race to replace the current leaders of the two factions, Aburizal Bakrie and Agung Laksono.
The favored candidates, however, have rejected the idea of a new congress as the two factions are still in negotiations.
'I'm committed to helping Agung manage Golkar. This is my priority,' Agus said on Sunday as quoted by tempo.co. Agus is deputy chairman of the Golkar faction led by Agung.
Airlangga and Mahyudin echoed Agus' sentiments.
'Let the negotiators finish their job,' he said.(***)
