YOGYAKARTA - Deputy Secretary General (Wasekjen) of the Nahdlatul Ulama General Board (PBNU) Najib Azca said the management team was open to the option of returning the mining concession if it was seen as a solution to easing the internal polemics of the organization.
"We are open, especially I frankly yes, from Tanfidziyah from the General Chairman Gus Yahya we are open. If that is a solution, why not, roughly like that," said Najib when met at the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Campus, Sleman, Special Region of Yogyakarta, Friday, December 19.
Najib emphasized that PBNU has never asked for a mining concession.
He said the organization received the concession because it was given by President Joko Widodo at the end of his term, with the aim of optimizing it for the benefit of the people.
However, he admitted that there were things that did not meet expectations, which triggered an internal controversy that is currently developing.
"NU never asked for a fare. It was only given by President Jokowi at the end of his term. Yes, okay if it is given, we will try to optimize it for the greatest interest of the people's needs," he said.
Najib emphasized that the main focus at this time is to ease tensions and encourage the achievement of reform or reconciliation in the PBNU body.
According to him, the return of mining concessions is one of the options that may be considered in the process.
"So what is the solution, well that is one of the sub-agreements if it is considered necessary," he said.
He reiterated that PBNU was not in a position to reject the option from the beginning.
"It means that it was not rejected from the beginning. If it can be a solution, why not," said Najib.
Previously, a number of NU figures expressed their views regarding the controversy over the mining concession granted by the government to PBNU.
PBNU Mustasyar KH Said Aqil Siroj proposed that the mining concession be returned to the government because it was considered harmful to the jama'iyah.
The daughter of the 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, Yenny Wahid also called on NU to stay away from mine management and assessed that the issue had triggered divisions within the organization.
"Now it is clear that in front of our eyes there is a great harm, namely the harm of division. This must be our top priority. I support the appeal of KH Said (K.H. Said Aqil Siroj) who said that it might be better to give the mine back to the government," said Yenny at the 16th haul of Gus Dur at Pondok Pesantren Tebuireng, Jombang Regency, East Java, Thursday (18/12).
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