Mardiono Jabat Acting Chairman Of PPP At The Same Time Wantimpres, Jokowi Akui Has Not Accepted A Resignment Letter

Plt. The chairman of PPP is also a member of the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) M Mardiono. (Antara-Akbar Nugroho)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) admitted that he had not received Muhammad Mardiono's resignation letter from the chair of a member of the Presidential Advisory Council (Wantimpres) after being appointed as Plt. General Chair of PPP.

Mardiono's position as Acting Chairman of PPP automatically contradicts the provisions stating that members of the Wantimpres should not hold concurrent positions as party leaders.

"Not yet (received), not even at the Minister of State Secretary, especially to me," said President Jokowi at the State Palace in Jakarta, quoted from Antara, Wednesday, September 7.

The provisions must not be concurrently contained in Article 12 of Law no. 19 of 2006 concerning the Presidential Advisory Council.

The regulation also states that the dismissal of Wantimpres by the President can be done through a letter of resignation.

Mardiono is known to have been inaugurated as Plt. The general chairman of PPP replaced Suharso Monoarfa who was dismissed by three PPP assemblies.

The appointment of Mardiono and the dismissal of Suharso based on the PPP National Working Conference (Mukernas) attended by the chairman and secretary of 27 PPP DPWs throughout Indonesia and held in Serang, Banten on Sunday, September 4.

The replacement of the General Chairperson of PPP was the aftermath of Suharso Monoarfa's statement regarding the issue of the kiai envelope that he conveyed at the PPP cadre briefing event by the KPK in mid-August 2022.