Jokowi Has The Opportunity To Be The Chairman Of The Golkar Board Of Trustees, Deputy: Changes In AD/ART Are Very Possible

Deputy Chairperson Of The Golkar Party, Adies Kadir (DOK Nailin/VOI)

JAKARTA - President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has the opportunity to become Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Golkar Party. Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Adies Kadir said that changes to AD/ART are still possible, including the rules for the chairman of the supervisory board. "It is very possible that the changes to the AD/ART are in the National Conference. So every five years the changes are in the AD/ART. So it is very possible for the ART to change," said Adies Kadir at JCC, Senayan, Jakarta, August 20. Adies explained that the position of chairman of the supervisory board is usually filled by senior Golkar Party cadres. However, he said, there are no clear written regulations that state that the chairman of the supervisory board may come from external or not. "If this supervisory board is usually a senior Golkar Party cadre, usually so, there is no explicitity in the AD/ART, whether it is permissible for outsiders or not it does not exist. But the habits in the Golkar Party from the past until now, whose name is the supervisory board, whose name is the advisory council, whose name is the advisory council, the expert council is in the Golkar Party's own seniors," explained the Deputy chairman of Commission III of the DPR. Because there are no written rules, Chairman of Steering Committee (SC) Rapimnas and National Conference XI of the Golkar Party assessed that President Jokowi may occupy the chair of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees. However, he said, until now there have been no cadres who have proposed Jokowi's name for the position. "If it's not in the AD/ART, it's actually okay, but until now in the Rapimnas arena and entering the National Conference, these names and he haven't circulated yet, there hasn't been a moment, there hasn't been any discussion yet and there hasn't been any proposal yet," said Adies. In addition, Adies added, the position of chairman of the Golkar supervisory board must also be approved by the elected general chairman.

"Yes, there still has to be approval from the elected general chairman. All possibilities are there, but until now no one has proposed it," he concluded.