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PPP devoid of leadership: Romahurmuziy camp
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span class="inline inline-center">M. Romahurmuziy (center), the newly elected chief of the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP), accepts congratulations from well-wishers at the party's national congress in Surabaya, East Java, in October, 2014.The Ministry of Law and Human Right on Friday revoked a decree that had approved his leadership. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
The Muhammad Romahurmuziy-led camp of the United Development Party (PPP) has claimed that the revocation of a decree that had approved Romahurmuziy's leadership leaves the Muslim-based party without a leader.
The Ministry of Law and Human Right on Friday revoked a decree it had issued last March, which had been based on a party congress in Surabaya. The ministry's move comes after the Supreme Court declared Djan Faridz, who was elected at a party congress in Jakarta, the party's rightful leader.
In a press statement on Friday, PPP senior member Zarkasih Nur said that following the revocation, the party's leadership should normally be returned to the person elected at the Bandung congress in 2011, which was chaired by Suryadharma Ali.
'The term in office of the leaders elected at the Bandung congress already expired in 2015. The current leaders are deemed emergency party leaders,' Zarkasih, who is a supporter of Romahurmuziy's camp, said.
Zarkasih added that from the perspective of senior party members, neither the Surabaya nor the Jakarta congress constituted a valid basis for the leadership of the party.
Therefore, he urged both camps to carry out a reconciliation congress to overcome the absence of leadership. He expressed his wish for both factions to unite in vision and mission to lead the party into the future.
Senior members of the party, including Bachtiar Chamsyah, Hamzah Haz and Aisyah Amini, planned to hold a meeting to discuss the matter, said Zarkasih. (bbn)
