RI Political Party Golkar Finally United after Internal Tumult

Liputan6.com, Jakarta Golongan Karya (Golkar) Party within Indonesian government political spectrum had been undergoing a particularly concerning internal issue which resulted in the divided contingents, one under Aburizal Bakrie (Ical) and the other one under Agung Laksono.

Head of Golkar transition team who now also assumes role as the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Jusuf Kalla recently announced that the two has finally come to terms with one another and glorified over the notion of unification.

He claims to have been setting up a meeting between previously rivaled Aburizal Bakrie and Agung Laksono, where the two were mediated into talking out their problems and seek strategies to address such as to attain reconciliation among the initially divided faction within Golkar party.

“We have to prepare a Golkar that is one, that is not divided internally. We are a senior party among others, so must put consideration only to matters that are important. We have to solidify and maintain coordination between central and regional,” Vice President Jusuf Kalla said in his residence, Jakarta, Wednesday (3/2/2016).

The meeting commenced at 08.00 am. The one hour long meeting also includes Vice President Jusuf Kalla official reminder that the national conference (Munas) for Golkar party which will be considered as legitimate is the one held in Riau, not the disparately done one by the initially separated factions last time in Bali and Ancol.

“In accordance to the decision made by the Ministry of Legal and Human Rights Affairs, which is based on the premise given by the High Court, national conference in Riau is to be considered as the one legitimate enough to name Aburizal Bakrie as the head of Golkar party and Agung Laksono as the vice deputy of such senior political party,”Jusuf Kalla further explained.

“I would like to express my appreciation towards Mr. Jusuf Kalla for his willingness to not just concentrate on issues faced by this nation but also to the senior organization which had always existed since the country’s inception. We all share similar ambition of consolidating with one another,” Golkar Vice Deputy Agung Laksono stated.