Hit By The Issue Of Change Of Chairman, Puan Affirms PDIP Solid Ahead Of Congress
Chairman of the PDI-P (PDIP) DPP Puan Maharani emphasized that PDIP remains solid even though it is hit by various dynamics ahead of the Party Congress which will be held in April. Such as the issue of changing PDIP General Chair Megawati Soekarnoputri.
"We are solid, we believe God willing, that Congress is the highest process of an internal party process, not just the PDI-P," said Puan in her statement, quoted on Saturday, January 11.
After the commemoration of the 52nd Anniversary of the PDIP which was held at the PDIP Party School, Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, Friday, January 10, Puan has appealed to all parties to respect the mechanism running at PDIP. Moreover, said Puan, each party has its own mechanism.
As is known, former PDIP cadre Effendi Simbolon encouraged Megawati Soekarnoputri to resign from the position of PDIP chairman when responding to the suspect status of PDIP Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto. This was conveyed by Effendi shortly after meeting with the 7th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) who is also a former PDIP cadre.
"We should not assume. We respect and respect each other's internal processes in a party. So, we follow the existing process in the PDI-P Party. The process is for internal existence in Congress," he said.
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Puan also hopes that the PDIP Congress which will be held in April will run smoothly. Regarding the chairperson and secretary general, the chairman of the DPR asked all parties to wait for the results of the Congress.
"We'll see in April, God willing, the PDI-P will carry out its Congress. Every congress process in every political party is normal if there is a change in the structures in the party," he said.
"So, we believe that everyone will respect and respect each other that the process in all parties will be carried out within the party," continued Puan.