REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Agung Laksono camp submitted the structure of its Golkar Party faction in Parliament here on Wednesday (17/12) following the government's decision to declare the two recent congresses of the party valid.
"We wish to inform we have appointed Agus Gumiwang as chairman of the Golkar Party faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) and Agun Gunandjar as chairman of the party's faction in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR)," said Ibnu Munzir, the associate chairman for organizational affairs of the Agung Laksono camp.
The Golkar party has been divided under the leaderships of Aburizal Bakrie and Agung Laksono following two recent congresses in Bali and Jakarta.
Ibnu Munzir noted that the two camps have not been legitimized. However, the old board stands automatically dissolved by law due to the Jakarta and Bali congresses.
He emphasized that the public must understand that the majority of the Golkar Party faction had rejected the Jakarta congress because they were pressurized.
"Those who attended the congress in Jakarta, meanwhile, rejected the congress in Bali. So, our aim is to settle it quickly," he explained.
He stressed his camp did not undermine its cadres' desire for reconciliation and that for the sake of the party, his camp is open to the idea.
However, he said, reconciliation through the party's tribunal will be impossible because the term of the tribunal ended following the congresses.
"The tribunal is demisioner. If they set up a tribunal, we will appoint a team of negotiators who will work to reach a solution," he remarked.
Ibnu Munzir, accompanied by party associate chairman for opinion building and information Leo Nababan, was received by House Speaker Setya Novanto who is also a Golkar cadre.
He expressed optimism that the DPR will accept his camp's house faction structure.
"If the justice ministry's decree is used as the standard, the Jakarta congress version must be accepted," he observed.
Setya Novanto has given a positive response to the meeting and said he will coordinate with Aburizal Bakrie for further course of action.
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