Jakarta (Antara Babel) - A reconciliation of the Golkar Party's two rival camps will require four conditions, including the dissolution of the Red and White Coalition (KMP), according to Leo Nababan, spokesman for the Agung Laksono faction.
"The first condition is to dissolve the KMP, and it's the most difficult one according to Cicip (Sharif Cicip Sutardjo), because the KMP is an ad hoc and not a permanent body," Leo Nababan, the chairman of the Golkar Executive Board (DPP), said here on Thursday.
The second condition is that the Golkar must support the government, while the third one will require it to support Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perppu) No. 1/2014. To fulfill the fourth condition, the Golkar must support the direct presidential election system and not the one by the People's Consultative Assembly, Nababan elaborated.
According to him, the Golkar must support the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla government because the party's doctrine has stated since its establishment that the Golkar will always support legitimate governments.
"We are loyal to the doctrine formed during the Golkar's early establishment. So, according to that, we support the government of Jokowi-JK as theirs is a legitimate government," he noted.
Golkar, which is the second largest political party, has split into two rival camps. The first camp is under the leadership of Aburizal Bakrie who was reelected as party chairman during a recent congress in Bali.
The Bakrie-led Golkar camp has joined the opposition KMP in Parliament.
The second camp is led by Agung Laksono who was elected in a congress held in Jakarta, immediately after the Bali congress.
The Agung faction has announced its support to the government and is intended to quit the opposition coalition.
Chairman of the Bakrie-led Golkar's Executive Board Tantowi Yahya said the Golkar was initially formed as a political machine of the New Order Government. But, following political reforms in the country, the existing laws identified the Golkar as a political party and not a group.
"If someone thinks that the Golkar has to be in the government, they should know it is not in line with the law. It's not in accordance with reforms," Tantowi Yahya noted.
He stressed the internal dispute of the Golkar must be settled through the party's tribunal and if it fails, it should be brought to court.
