Bungo PCNU Backs Nasaruddin Umar for PBNU Chairmanship

The Nahdlatul Ulama Branch Management (PCNU) of Bungo Regency, through its Tanfidziyah Chairman Kiai Syakroni, has expressed the hope and formal request that Minister of Religious Affairs Prof KH Nasaruddin Umar be willing to stand as candidate for General Chairman of the Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) at the 35th NU Congress, to be held in Tambakberas, Jombang, this August.

According to Kiai Syakroni, NU currently needs a leader with strong scholarly capacity, mature leadership experience, and the ability to embrace all elements of the NU jam’iyah. In his view, Prof KH Nasaruddin Umar meets these criteria.

“He is a scholar of great breadth of learning, wisdom in leadership, and is accepted by various circles within Nahdlatul Ulama. We hope he would be willing to devote himself to leading PBNU in the coming term,” said Kiai Syakroni.

He added that NU’s future challenges are increasingly complex, whether in education, proselytisation, the economic empowerment of the community, or NU’s strategic role at national and international level. For this reason, a figure is needed who can strengthen internal unity whilst bringing NU greater influence on the global stage.

According to him, Nasaruddin Umar possesses extensive and strong international networks, and is therefore believed capable of consolidating NU’s position as a moderate Islamic organisation that serves as a world reference in spreading the values of Islam as a mercy to all creation.

“Beyond being able to unite all elements of the Nahdlatul Ulama jam’iyah, he also enjoys very good relations with various international figures and institutions. This capital is vital so that NU can play a greater role in building world peace and strengthening Indonesia’s Islamic diplomacy,” he explained.

PCNU Bungo hopes the 35th NU Congress in Tambakberas, Jombang, can produce a leadership capable of safeguarding the organisation’s unity, strengthening its service to the community, and taking Nahdlatul Ulama forward as a more advanced, independent, and competitive body at both national and global level.