Here Are The Criteria For The Candidate For Deputy Chairman Of The DPR To Replace Azis Syamsuddin, Airlangga's Choice
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives Azis Syamsuddin arrives for examination at the KPK Red and White Building, Jakarta, Friday, September 24 (Photo: Indrianto Eko Suwarso/Antara)

JAKARTA - Today the Golkar Party will officially decide on the replacement for the alleged bribery suspect Azis Syamsuddin as Deputy Speaker of the Indonesian House of Representatives. The plan is that the names of the candidates for leadership of the DPR will be announced later this afternoon, Tuesday, September 28.

Last night, Monday, September 27, the Golkar Party's DPP held a plenary meeting for the determination. From several names that appeared, it was widely spread that Secretary General Lodewijk F. Paulus would fill the position.

Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party, Adies Kadir, emphasized that the name chosen was the prerogative of general chairman Airlangga Hartarto.

However, said Adies, Airlangga's chosen figure who is trusted to carry out his duties as leader of the DPR is the best cadre of the Golkar Party. Where it has been regulated in the party's articles of association and by-laws (AD/ART).

The secretary of the Golkar faction in the DPR also ensured that the vacant seat of the Deputy Speaker of the DPR RI, which was left by Azis Syamsuddin, would be given to cadres with criteria determined by the party's internal rules.

Previously, the Deputy Chairman of Commission III of the DPR admitted that the position of Deputy Chair of the DPR was suitable to be given to the senior party bearing the banyan symbol. Among them were Secretary General Lodewijk F. Paulus and the chairman of the Golkar faction, Kahar Muzakir.

"Pak Lodewijk and Pak Kahar are the best fit," he said Monday, September 27.


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