Former House of Representatives speaker Marzuki Alie has given signals he would likely quit former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyonoâs Democratic Party (PD) since he has not been entrusted with a role in the partyâs current structure and composition
ormer House of Representatives speaker Marzuki Alie has given signalshe would likely quit former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's DemocraticParty (PD) since he has not been entrusted with a role in the party's currentstructure and composition.
'Having no more jobs in the party, there is no more space to do something for the Democratic Party,' he said.
Marzuki, also a former deputy chairman of the party's patron board, said he actually wished to play a role in developing the party but after finding out he was no longer included in the 2015-2020 structure and was not invited to the party's national work meeting, he preferred to quit.
'So, it is not up to me to do something for the party, but SBY has decided that I am no longer needed in the party,' he said.
Before the party's national congress in Surabaya in May 2015, Marzuki several times criticized Yudhoyono, who wanted to lead the party again. Marzuki, who wanted to announce his bid for the party's top post during the congress, called on Yudhoyono to not contest the party's chairmanship election because he had been the country's president for two consecutive periods through 2004-2014 and he once vowed to not run in the party chairmanship election for the 2015-2020 period.
On Saturday, Yudhoyono swore in the party's new executive board and structure before the party began its national work meeting. (rms)
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