Gus Yahya's Camp Claims Majority Of PBNU Management Rejects Impeachment

DOCUMENTATION/General Chairperson of PBNU KH Yahya Cholil Staquf while giving a briefing to the Plenary of the XVIII Muslimat NU Congress at the Surabaya Hajj Dormitory, Tuesday (11/2/2025). ANTARA/Willi Irawan

General Chairperson of PBNU Yahya Cholil Qoumas claimed the majority of PBNU's functionalists rejected the discourse on impeaching the general chairman and expressed compliance with the call of the NU Elderly and Mustasyar Forum, which appealed for the organizational conflict to be stopped and resolved.

"The majority of the management remains loyal to the elderly," said PBNU Secretary General Amin Said Husni, Tuesday, December 9, as reported by ANTARA.

Previously, the Forum for the Elderly and Mustasyar who gathered at the Tebuireng Islamic Boarding School on December 6 emphasized that the decision of the Sharia Daily Meeting to impeach the General Chair was invalid because it was against the NU AD/ART.

Amin said the rejection of the majority of the management was reflected in the PBNU Plenary Meeting at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta, Tuesday night. Of the total 216 plenary members who were supposed to attend, only 58 people came, about 26 percent, far from the minimum quorum limit.

From the data he obtained, Mustasyar elements were only attended by 2 out of 29 people, Syuriah 20 out of 53 people, Tanfidziyah 22 out of 62 people, and A'wan 7 out of 40 people. Of the PBNU Institution, only 5 of the 18 institutions were present, while the Autonomous Agency (Banom) was only 2 out of 14 Banoms.

"This means that more than three-quarters of members choose not to come, a strong signal that impeachment measures do not have broad support within PBNU," he said.

The Plenary Meeting on December 9 was held following up on the invitation on December 2 which was charged with the agenda of determining the General Chairperson of PBNU without involving the active General Chair.

However, the Elderly and Mustasyar Forums have called for the agenda to be temporarily suspended, pending the resolution of organizational problems according to the AD/ART mechanism.

Previously, Minister of Social Affairs Saifullah Yusuf (Gus Ipul), Secretary General of the Ministry of Religion Kamaruddin Amin, to East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa were also present at the Plenary Meeting of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board at the Sultan Hotel, Jakarta.

In addition to the three figures, PBNU officials such as Rais Aam PBNU Miftachul Akhyar, Deputy Rais Aam Zulfa Mustofa, Deputy Rais Aam Afifudin Muhajir, Rais Syuriah M Nuh, to PBNU Deputy Rais as well as MUI Chairman Anwar Iskandar.