Akbar misses court hearing

Akbar misses court hearing

JAKARTA: Golkar Party leader Akbar Tandjung failed on Tuesday
to turn up for the hearing of a lawsuit filed by former party
members Fahmi Idris and Marzuki Darusman over their dismissal.

Akbar said he could not appear at the West Jakarta District
Court due to his busy schedule as chairman of the Nationhood
Coalition during the ongoing People's Consultative Assembly
session. Akbar is no longer a legislator.

The plaintiffs claim that Akbar violated the party's statutes
by dismissing them last month. Due to the legal dispute, the
General Elections Commission suspended the inauguration of both
Fahmi and Marzuki as House of Representatives legislators.

The two were shown the door for ignoring the party's
instruction to support the presidential bid of Megawati
Soekarnoputri, whose Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle is
part of the coalition. -- JP