Setia Bersama Airlangga, DPD Partai Golkar Provinsi Se-Indonesia 100 Percent Tolak Munaslub

Chairman of the Golkar Party DPP Airlangga Hartarto took a photo with the Chairman of the Golkar Party DPD in Indonesia (ANTARA)

The Regional Leadership Council of the Golkar Provincial Party throughout Indonesia stated that they wanted to focus on winning the political agenda for the 2024 General Election with the General Chair of the Golkar Party Airlangga Hartarto and agreed to 100 percent reject the issue of extraordinary national deliberation (munaslub).

"We want to emphasize that if someone says the issue of the munaslub is proposed to be two-thirds, we declare that 100 percent of us here reject the Munaslub," said Acting Chairman of the Golkar Party DPD Papua Province Ahmad Doli Kurnia in his statement, Monday, July 31.

Ahmad Doli conveyed this as a spokesman representing the Chairman of the Golkar Party DPD throughout Indonesia in the Gathering of the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party DPP with the Chairman of the DPD Golkar Party in Indonesia in Nusa Dua, Badung Regency, Bali.

"We want to focus on working to win the entire 2024 political agenda with Mr. Airlangga Hartarto," he said.

Ahmad Doli said as many as 38 DPD Chairs of the Provincial Golkar Party throughout Indonesia who were fully present to Bali did ask to meet with the General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto.

"This meeting is an initiative of all of us. We ask to meet with the General Chairperson and the General Chairperson to prepare the time in the midst of his busy schedule (Airlangga-ed), looking for a place that is easily accessible to DPD friends throughout Indonesia. So we agreed to meet in Bali," he said.

He revealed that from the results of the meeting with Airlangga Hartarto, which was closed to the media crew, he had discussed many things.

Among them were conveyed over the last 3-4 years, all Regional Leadership Councils (DPD) at the provincial and district/city levels have worked very optimally to consolidate and move towards winning the 2024 General Election.

"We are determined to win the presidential, legislative and regional elections. We have all worked throughout Indonesia led by the Chairperson of the provincial, district/city DPDs to the sub-district, kelurahan and village levels. Therefore, we don't want the work we have done, which has only been around for six months to be disturbed by things that damage the results of this consolidation," said Ahmad Doli.

Therefore, it has been studied, the Golkar Party, the oldest party in Indonesia and as a party, most of them are committed and obedient to what has been decided.

"We have decided this at the National Conference, we have decided at the National Meeting and at the National Working Meeting, we are committed to one command under the leadership of Mr. Airlangga Hartarto to complete all agendas in five years until the end of the period in 2024," he said.

Second, said Ahmad Doli, for the affairs of the 2024 presidential election as decided in the National Conference, Rapimnas, and National Working Meeting, the DPD of the Golkar Party throughout Indonesia has fully submitted a mandate to the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party to determine who the Presidential Candidate or Vice Presidential Candidate is and then the process of negotiating, the right strategy and momentum.

"We have seen that so far our General Chair is quite active in communicating with all leaders of political parties. Next we emphasize that the Golkar Party is part of Pak Jokowi's governing coalition," he said.

Therefore, the DPD of the Provincial Golkar Party throughout Indonesia always encourages it to be full so that Airlangga Hartarto remains from the beginning to the end together with President Joko Widodo, including facing the presidential election agenda.

It is hoped that Airlangga Hartarto can continue to jointly build intensive communication to face future agendas, government agendas and elections with President Joko Widodo.

Finally, continued Ahmad Doli, related to the new Golkar Party uniform with a yellow patterned striped color, it shows the Golkar Party is ready to fight on the field.

"We are solid, we continue our presence in the midst of society to fight for the aspirations and hopes of the Indonesian people. We hope that the community can win the 2024 General Election together. Ready to fight for everything, including winning in the face of elections," he said.

Chairman of the Golkar Party DPD Bali Province I Nyoman Sugawa Korry does not deny that the DPD of the Provincial Golkar Party throughout Indonesia is disturbed by the discourse of the Munaslub conveyed by a number of parties.

"DPD-DPD I (province) was disturbed and felt compelled, then we communicated with each other who finally asked to meet with the General Chairperson and DPP which were filled today. The initiator of this meeting was DPD I who felt disturbed, called to defend this party when investigated by other parties," he said.

Sugawa Korry emphasized that 100 percent of the voter rights owners in the Golkar Party DPD I rejected the Munaslub.

"The condition (Munaslub) is 2/3, this is 100 percent refusing. Not because we are worried, but we are called because every time before the election there are things like this. Experience teaches us 2014, 2017, 2018 there is always a discourse like this. That's why we anticipate learning from this experience," he said.

Meanwhile, the General Chair of the Golkar Party, Airlangga Hartarto, after the gathering, did not comment to the media crew. He took a photo together with the Heads of the Golkar Party DPD throughout Indonesia.