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‘Victory for truth and justice’: Democratic Party survives another leadership challenge
The Supreme Court decision on Thursday ended a two-year saga of Moeldoko's attempt to take over the Democratic Party leadership from chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono.
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Democratic Party chairman Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono (center) speaks during a press briefing at the party headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Aug. 11, 2023. Agus expressed gratitude to the Supreme Court for its decision to reject a motion for a case review filed by Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko over the Democrats' chairmanship. (Antara/Sigid Kurniawan)
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he leader of the opposition Democratic Party, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, has survived another legal challenge against his leadership after the Supreme Court rejected Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko’s latest legal bid to seek recognition of his claim to the party’s top post.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court handed yet another defeat to Moeldoko by rejecting a motion for a case review of the court’s previous decision that refused to acknowledge his claim for the Democrats’ top post. The court maintained that the dispute for the top post was “an internal party matter”.
The decision ends the two-year saga of Moeldoko’s attempt to take over the party leadership.
Speaking at the party’s headquarters in Jakarta on Friday, Agus, who celebrated his 45th birthday on the day the Supreme Court issued the ruling, hailed the court’s decision as a victory, not only for the Democratic Party, which has been under threat of hostile takeover for more than two years, but also for “truth and justice.”
“There have been concerns over whether justice still exists, whether the rule of law will still be upheld in our country,” Agus said. “All party members have been worried that the party they had help build all those years would be taken away by a raider.”
“Today those doubts are gone,” he added.
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