Called By PBNU, Lukman Edy Said Cak Imin Eliminates The Authority Of Kiai NU At PKB

Former Secretary General (Sekjen) of the National Awakening Party (PKB) for the period 2005-2007 and 2009-2014 Lukman Edy/DOK Diah Ayu-VOI

JAKARTA - Former Secretary General (Sekjen) of the National Awakening Party (PKB) for the period 2005-2007 and 2009-2014 Lukman Edy finished giving information to the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board for about 2 hours. Lukman Edy explained the issue of disharmony between PKB and PBNU. According to him, one of the triggers was because PKB Chairman Cak Imin removed the authority of the Shura Council which contained NU kiai in making party decisions. The removal of the Syuro Council's authority occurred when PKB held a congress in Bali in 2019. At that time, Cak Imin returned to his position as chairman of the party for further management. "In the past, the mandatory of the PKB Congress was the Shura Council. It was the Shura Council that gave approval if we wanted to raise the chairman, the A, B, or C. But since the congress in Bali, most of the Syuro Council's authority has been removed within the AD/ART. So, we don't see the role of the syuro council anymore," said Lukman Edy at the PBNU Office, Central Jakarta, Wednesday, July 31. Not only the central level management, since the congress in Bali 5 years ago, Cak Imin also eliminated decision making to overhaul the party structure at the regional leadership council (DPW) level to the branch leadership council (DPC). "Not only determining strategic party policy policies, but it can even dismiss DPW, it can dismiss DPC without deliberation, without any regional deliberation or branch deliberation. It can even negate the results of branch deliberations and the results of regional deliberation. So, the authority is centralized to the general chairman," said Lukman. From this condition, Lukman considered it natural if there was an assumption that Cak Imin was authoritarian in managing the party. Because, according to him, PKB from the womb of NU cannot let go of the role of the scholars. "We know that PKB is the spirit of the ulama. The structure of the PKB is in the kiai. The history of the formation of the PKB is history formed by PBNU, formed by kiayi. Team Lima consists of kiayi. So, the spirit of the PKB is the kiayi," explained Lukman.

For information, Lukman Edy today fulfilled the summons of the special committee (special committee) tasked with exploring the disharmony problem between PBNU and PKB. The process of giving this information was led by the Deputy Chairperson of PBNU Amin Said Husni.