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Govt extends Aburizal's leadership of Golkar
Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan (second right), Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie (left), Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo (second left) and Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly pose for a photograph with the party's declaration to support the government, during the closing ceremony of the party's national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Monday
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span class="inline inline-center">Coordinating Minister for Politics, Legal and Security Affairs Luhut Binsar Panjaitan (second right), Golkar Party chairman Aburizal Bakrie (left), Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo (second left) and Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna Laoly pose for a photograph with the party's declaration to support the government, during the closing ceremony of the party's national leadership meeting in Jakarta on Monday. (Antara/Yudhi Mahatma)
The government will extend its support for the leader of the Golkar Party who was chosen by a national congress in Riau in 2009 to help the party organize another congress as part of the effort to end its leadership schism.
Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H Laoly said on Thursday that the relevant decree would be issued that day, as reported by kompas.com.
The Riau congress selected Aburizal Bakrie to be party chairman, Agung Laksono to be deputy chairman and Idrus Marham to be secretary-general.
Subsequently Golkar split into two factions: one led by Aburizal as chosen by a congress in Bali in November 2014 and another by Agung, who was elected at a conflicting congress in Ancol, Jakarta in December 2015.
The government, the minister says, will give the Riau leadership six months to prepare for an extraordinary congress, whose results of which are expected to be accepted by the opposing factions.
The Riau leadership roster was to have expired in 2014, but it was prolonged so the party could face the 2014 legislative and presidential elections. (bbn)(+)
