Pecalang Bali Disbands Action Against PKB Congress

Pecalang Bali (Photo: Doc. special)

NUSA Dua - Pecalang or Balinese customary police dispersed a group of people wearing T-shirts bearing the PKB logo to hold an action around the location of the 6th PKB Congress. Police officers were also present in the disbandment of the mass of the unknown action.

The action against the congress is suspected to be related to the feud between PKB and the Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) Executive Board which is heating up ahead of the change in PKB management.

They initially came on motorbikes and dozens of buses with gathering points at Lagoon Square, Nusa Dua. They also unfurled banners that read "return the PKB to NU". Also carried out the burning of banners by the masses.

The mass of action could not reach the location of the congress which was held at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center. In the effort to disband it, the local police chief stated that the officers were working with pecalang to ensure that the congress was still conducive.

Meanwhile, the committee for the 6th PKB Congress is preparing for the continuity of the event which will start at 19.00 WITA. The congress will resume on Sunday, August 25 at 12.00 WITA.

Deputy Secretary General of PKB Syaiful Huda. Huda said that his party had traced the emergence of the action against the congress. Huda emphasized that they were not PKB cadres and wore t-shirts bearing party logos without permission.

"As a result of our investigation, they are not cadres and are not PKB administrators. We also demand that they remove the PKB attributes they use because they are not cadres and are not PKB administrators," said Huda at the Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Saturday, August 24.

Huda assessed that this action was deliberately carried out to damage the conduciveness of the congress. Considering it as an infiltration activity, Huda urged the police to disperse it.

"We ask the police, Mr. Kapolda directly mentions to the National Police Chief, because they plan to make a scene in Bali, which we love. We ask that the action be disbanded as soon as possible because it disturbs public order, attracts the people in Bali," he said.