The Expert Council Of The Golkar Party Denies Proposing A Munaslub

Deputy Chairman of the Golkar Party Expert Council, Yuddy Chrisnandi (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The Expert Council of the Golkar Party has denied proposing an extraordinary national deliberation (Munaslub). Deputy Chairperson of the Golkar Party's Expert Council, Yuddy Chrisnandi, emphasized that his party had never proposed the implementation of a munaslub to cancel the support of General Chair Airlangga Hartarto as a presidential candidate from the party bearing the banyan tree. It is known, in the 2019 Golkar Party National Conference, it was decided to support Airlangga Hartarto as a presidential candidate for the 2024 presidential election. Yuddy emphasized that in a meeting of the Expert Council held on Sunday at the house of the Chairman of the Agung Laksono Expert Council, he did not discuss the proposal of the Golkar Party's pleb. "At the meeting it was confirmed that the developing news was not true," said Yuddy Chrisnandi in a statement, Tuesday, July 11. This Professor of National University Political Sciences (UNAS) added, the Golkar Party Expartai Board in the VIII plenary meeting, at all, did not hold any talks on the possibility of Munaslub. He emphasized that what was discussed in last night's meeting had been officially conveyed in the conclusion of a written plenary meeting signed by the Chairman of the Agung Pakar Council Laksono and Secretary Ganjar Razuni. Yuddy confirmed that the news related to the proposal of a munaslub by members of the Pakar Council was a personal opinion. He said that the opinion was not an official stance of the Board of Experts admitted that there was an agreement to encourage the General Chairperson of the Golkar Party DPP Airlangga Hartarto to declare himself as a presidential candidate in 2024. In addition, Golkar also did not hesitate to make a new axis of the presidential coalition outside the coalition that has already been formed. According to Yuddy, this new axis will benefit the position and position of the Golkar Party. This is because, Golkar has the opportunity to have a political vehicle related to the candidacy.

"This new axis will raise the morale of all Golkar Party candidates as party fighters on the front lines towards the victory of the Golkar Party Legislative Election in the 2024 election," he said. The Expert Council also asked Airlangga to immediately determine the vice presidential candidate. This announcement was requested before August 2023 ends.