PDIP cadres demand annulment of legislative nomination<\/p>\n
Apriadi Gunawan
\nThe Jakarta Post
\nMedan, North Sumatra<\/p>\n
Hundreds of cadres of the North Sumatra chapter of the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) staged a protest on
\nMonday against the party's nomination of legislative candidates.<\/p>\n
They said the nomination was marred by collusion and nepotism,
\nso the party's national executive board should step in and negate
\nits results.<\/p>\n
Nurwahid, representing the PDIP cadres, asserted that the
\nmalpractice had been committed by Rudolf Pardede, chairman of PDI
\nPerjuangan North Sumatra.<\/p>\n
The cadres alleged that Rudolf had put his families and
\nfriends on the list of legislative candidates released by the
\nNorth Sumatra chapter, including his daughter Yohana Pardede, who
\nwas nominated as a legislator for the Medan council.<\/p>\n
Other nominees linked to Rudolf were Topan Tampubolon, his
\nson-in-law, who was nominated as a legislator for the House of
\nRepresentatives (DPR), Sarma Haro, an aide to Rudolf's family,
\nwho was nominated as a legislator for the Deli Serdang council
\nand Sinta Sinaga, a typist at PDI Perjuangan North Sumatra, who
\nwas nominated as a legislator for the North Tapanuli council.<\/p>\n
The list of nominees was made available to journalists during
\nthe protest.<\/p>\n
\"It is a hard fact. Rudolf has selected the nominees as if he
\nowned the party,\" Nurwahid told The Jakarta Post on the sidelines
\nof the protest at the North Sumatra governor's office.<\/p>\n
The protesters, who hailed from Deli Serdang regency, had come
\nto meet Rudolf, who is also deputy governor of North Sumatra.
\nHowever, he was not available at the office, apparently because
\nhe was indisposed.<\/p>\n
Nurwahid went on that the party's legislative nomination was
\nflawed and illegitimate, because the nominations were not made
\nthrough a plenary meeting by the North Sumatra chapter.<\/p>\n
It violated an instruction by the party's national board that
\nthe final say on the nomination had to be taken through a plenary
\nmeeting, and therefore, it had to be annulled.<\/p>\n
The protesters said only three persons had participated in the
\nnomination -- Rudolf, Edy Rangkuty and Ramses Simbolon. The
\nlatter two are secretary and deputy secretary, respectively, to
\nRudolf.<\/p>\n
Rudolf and Edy could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n
When contacted by the Post, Ramses Simbolon said he was not
\nauthorized to respond to the protest.<\/p>\n
Japorman Saragih, deputy chairman of PDIP North Sumatra,
\ndeclined to confirm or deny the protesters' allegations.<\/p>\n
He merely said: \"Megawati, the chairwoman of PDI Perjuangan,
\nhas established that she would not tolerate corruption, collusion
\nor nepotism in the party's nomination for legislative candidates.<\/p>\n
\"She has the prerogative to select the candidates.\"<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/pdip-cadres-demand-annulment-of-legislative-nomination-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }