JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – The Chief of Sharia Board of the United Development Party (PPP) Maimoen Zubair visited the private residence of President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in Menteng, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday (Oct. 15) evening.
Maimoen Zubair, popularly known as Mbah Moen, was accompanied by PPP key leader Achmad Farial. Jokowi, accompanied by media mogul Surya Paloh, Nasdem Party’s Chairman and owner of Media Group, welcomed that 2 PPP key leaders.
Mbah Moen made no statements to the press after the meeting, while Jokowi told the press that PPP is getting closer with him.
As reported earlier, the two warring factions of the PPP have not yet reconciled then the internal conflict within the party continues.
Mbah Moen, in effort to resolve the internal conflict and to reconcile the two warring factions, said the party’s Sharia Board will hold a party’s congress in Oct. 19.
He then revealed that the congress organized by PPP Chairman Suryadharma in Jakarta and by PPP Secretary General Romahurmuziy in Surabaya are invalid. (haryantos@yosefardi.biz)