JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Deputy Chairman of Golkar Party Agung Laksono leads the presidium of the party’s rescue council established to prepare Golkar chairmanship congress scheduled to be held in Jakarta on Jan. 15, 2015, the very least.
Agung said members of the presidium are Priyo Budi Santoso, Hajriyanto Thohari, Zainuddin Amali, Agus Gumiwang Kartasasmita, Yorrys Raweyai, Agun Gunandjar Sudarsa, and Ibnu Mundzir.
Agung also said that Golkar’s plenary meeting on Tuesday (Nov. 25) has decided to freeze Golkar central executive board (DPP) under Aburizal “Ical” Bakrie’s leadership.
Ical and his supporters, meanwhile, insisted that they would still hold the chairmanship congress on Nov. 30 initially scheduled in Bali.
As widely reported by national media, Golkar Party heated up ahead its chairmanship congress between Ical and those against his re-election. Yesterday, a clash took place in front of Golkar’s headquarters between Golkar’s Youth Generation (AMPG) led by Yorrys Raweyai and other AMPG group led by Ahmad Dolly Kurnia. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)