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‘Bambang being replaced has no relation to his stance on Ahok’
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National Awakening Party (PKB) Jakarta chapter head Hasbiallah Ilyas (left) with then acting chairman of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) Jakarta chapter, Bambang Dwi Hartono, chat after their meeting at the PKB Jakarta chapter's headquarters. (kompas.com/Kahfi Dirga Cahya)
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eplacing Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDI-P) Jakarta chapter acting chairman Bambang Dwi Hartono is not related to his strong objections of Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama being the party’s possible Jakarta gubernatorial candidate, a PDI-P politician says.
“Bambang as PDI-P deputy chairman is tasked with focusing on electoral affairs,” said PDI-P deputy secretary general Ahmad Basarah in Jakarta on Tuesday as reported by kompas.com, adding that the PDI-P was targeting to win 50 percent of the 2017 simultaneous regional elections.
Bambang was known as a long time loyalist of PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri and had a difficult duty of trying to win 50 percent of the upcoming elections to elect at least seven governors, 18 mayors and 76 regents, Basarah said.
Bambang was replaced by Adi Widjaja, formerly PDI-P Jakarta chapter treasurer, at the party executive board meeting on Sunday. Bambang is known as a strong critic of Ahok, who is being considered by the PDI-P's central executive board to become the party’s Jakarta gubernatorial candidate to be paired with his current deputy, Djarot Saiful Hidayat.
Under Bambang, the PDI-P’s Jakarta chapter had joined the Kinship Coalition together with six other political parties to nominate a Jakarta gubernatorial candidate to challenge Ahok in the upcoming election. (bbn)
