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Aburizal's fate to be decided on Monday
Standing firm: Aburizal Bakrie (pictured), the disputed chairman of the Golkar Party gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the partyâs national leaders meeting at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Saturday
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Standing firm: Aburizal Bakrie (pictured), the disputed chairman of the Golkar Party gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the partyâs national leaders meeting at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Saturday. (Tempo) (pictured), the disputed chairman of the Golkar Party gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the partyâs national leaders meeting at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Saturday. (Tempo)
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span class="inline inline-center">Standing firm: Aburizal Bakrie (pictured), the disputed chairman of the Golkar Party gives a speech during the opening ceremony of the party's national leaders meeting at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Saturday. (Tempo)
The fate of Aburizal Bakrie's chairmanship of Golkar will soon be determined as members of the party's factions organize an extraordinary national meeting and plenary meeting to be held on the third day of the party's national leaders meeting on Monday.
'Decisions taken in the plenary meeting will determine the direction of the Golkar Party in the future. The risks are heavy but if you choose to reject the extraordinary national meeting, I will be at the forefront to fight it,' said Aburizal on Monday on the sidelines of the national leaders meeting, currently being held at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) in Senayan, Central Jakarta.
The organizing of an extraordinary national meeting, or Munaslub, was discussed by Commission A, the commission tasked with tackling organizational matters and led by Nurdin Halid, the deputy chairman of the Aburizal-led Golkar leadership.
Commission A is one of three commissions. Commission B handles programs and Commission C tackles political statements. These commissions were established at the national leaders meeting (Rapimnas).
On Sunday, 34 provincial executive boards and 10 Golkar-affiliated organizations conveyed their position on the organizing of an extraordinary national meeting to select a new party chairman.
13 parties voted in favor of the organizing of a Munaslub, 16 parties rejected a Munaslub, seven parties left the matter to the Golkar Party's central executive board, three parties left it to Aburizal as the party chairman and five parties decided follow any decision taken in the Rapimnas.
The provincial executive boards that voted in favor of a Munaslub included those from Banten, Central Kalimantan, Central Java, East Kalimantan, Gorontalo, North Maluku, South Sulawesi, West Kalimantan, West Papua, West Sumatra and Yogyakarta. Meanwhile, some Golkar-affiliated organizations that supported the Munaslub were the Golkar working women's group Himpunan Wanita Karya (HWK) and the Central Organization for Indonesian Employees (SOKSI), one of the Golkar Party's oldest affiliated organizations.
Meanwhile, the provincial executive boards that rejected the Munaslub were from Aceh, Bali, Bengkulu, Central Sulawesi, Jakarta, Jambi, Lampung, North Sumatra, Papua, Southeast Sulawesi and West Java. Meanwhile, Golkar-affiliated organizations that rejected the Munaslub included the Golkar Party youth wing Indonesian Reform Youth Force (AMPI), Kosgoro 1957, the Golkar Party's ulema wing Satkar Ulama and the Golkar Party Youth Generation (AMPG).
Secretary-general for the Aburizal-led Golkar Party Idrus Marham said the different stances of the provincial executive boards and the Golkar-affiliated organizations would be taken into consideration in the plenary meeting.
"These statements are aspirations. These statements will be discussed by the commission [dealing with the organization of the Munaslub] before they are further discussed in the plenary meeting," he said on Monday morning. (ebf)
