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Bakrie camp pushes Golkar to back govt
Just getting started: Aburizal Bakrie (right), chairman of the Golkar Party leadership that was formed during a national meeting in Bali in November 2014, strikes a gong to mark the start of the Golkar Party's national leaders meeting, held from Jan
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Just getting started: Aburizal Bakrie (right), chairman of the Golkar Party leadership that was formed during a national meeting in Bali in November 2014, strikes a gong to mark the start of the Golkar Party's national leaders meeting, held from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta. (Tempo) (right), chairman of the Golkar Party leadership that was formed during a national meeting in Bali in November 2014, strikes a gong to mark the start of the Golkar Party's national leaders meeting, held from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta. (Tempo)
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span class="inline inline-center">Just getting started: Aburizal Bakrie (right), chairman of the Golkar Party leadership that was formed during a national meeting in Bali in November 2014, strikes a gong to mark the start of the Golkar Party's national leaders meeting, held from Jan. 23 to Jan. 25 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Senayan, Central Jakarta. (Tempo)
The Golkar Party leadership led by Aburizal Bakrie, formed during a national meeting (Munas) in Bali in November 2014, is set to announce its official support for the government at the closing ceremony of its three-day-national leaders meeting (Rapimnas), due to end on Monday.
'Having been engaged in a long dispute, we have now agreed to support the government, in that, along with the government, we are committed to developing this country without any reserve,' Nurdin Halid, the deputy chairman of the Bakrie-led Golkar central executive board, told the press on the sidelines of the Rapimnas, held at the Jakarta Convention Center (JCC) on Monday afternoon.
Nurdin said that the decision had been made by one of three commissions set up in the meeting during the first session of the Rapimnas. He said that Commission A, assigned to discuss organization-related matters, had managed to decide on a stance towards the government but had not yet made a decision on several other things, such as its stance on the amendment of the 1945 Constitution.
It was also Commission A that had discussed the party's stance on the organizing of an extraordinary national meeting (Munaslub) before it was later taken to a plenary meeting, Nurdin said. As of 8:30 p.m., the plenary meeting was still running, having started at 7.30 p.m.
Nurdin said that the Golkar Party would declare its official support for the government during the closing ceremony, after it concluded the final meeting on Monday evening.
'Insya Allah [God's willing], the government will come to accept our official declaration of support,' he said.
Nurdin claimed that there had been signs regarding the attendance of government representatives at the ceremony but he refused to give more details.
On Sunday, the provincial executive boards of the Golkar Party leadership, also formed during Munas Bali, announced their pledge to support the President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla administration. (ebf)
