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Golkar negotiations in deadlock
Negotiations between two conflicting camps in the Golkar Party were deadlocked on Thursday, and the two sides have agreed to settle the conflict in court
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egotiations between two conflicting camps in the Golkar Party were deadlocked on Thursday, and the two sides have agreed to settle the conflict in court.
'The camp in favor of which the court decides will take the initiative and set up a new executive board,' said MS Hidayat, a negotiator in current chairman Aburizal Bakrie's camp, after the negotiations reached a dead end at the party's headquarters in West Jakarta on Thursday.
Bakrie's camp has filed a lawsuit with the West Jakarta District Court to seek the court's approval for the executive board formed during the party's national congress in Bali in November.
Meanwhile, challenger Agung Laksono filed a similar suit with the Central Jakarta District Court seeking the court's officialization of the executive board formed during the party national congress held at a hotel in Ancol, North Jakarta, in December.
Agun Gunanjar, a negotiator in Agung's camp, said the camp that won the court verdict would have the authority to set up a new executive board including members of both camps.
'The winning camp won't only pick people from its own side, but also members of the losing camp to be included in the new executive board,' he asserted.
He further revealed that the agreement had been made after Agung and Bakrie failed to reach a peaceful settlement to the prolonged conflict.
'The two senior party leaders are very defensive and disinclined to seek a win-win solution,' he said, adding that most party cadres desired the two conflicting figures to reconcile and retract their lawsuits, for the sake of the party's future.
The conflict occurred when Agung and a number of other party cadres opposed the Bali congress, which they said had been engineered to reelect Bakrie for the 2014-2019 period. Agung and his camp then held an alternative congress in Jakarta to elect a new chairman.
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