Golkar warns dissenting members

Golkar warns dissenting members

JAKARTA: Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung says he will
give second chances to party executives Marwah Daud Ibrahim,
Fahmi Idris, and Agung Laksono to retain their positions in the
party despite their calls for him to step down.

Akbar, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, said on
Friday that Golkar would not sack them although demands from
other members to dismiss them were mounting, except if they
repeated their calls.

Marwah, Fahmi and Agung urged Akbar to resign after he was
convicted of misusing Rp 40 billion (US$4.4 million) of state
funds earmarked for Indonesia's poorest citizens.

Akbar also said that his party had decided to postpone the
Golkar leaders' meeting from October to January next year, or
after the endorsement of the electoral bill by the House of
Representatives. -- Antara