Kwik to dissolve PDI-P research body

Kwik to dissolve PDI-P research body

JAKARTA: In another sign of friction within the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), top official Kwik
Kian Gie demanded on Tuesday that the party's research and
development center be disbanded.

"As the chair of the research center, I have the right to
disband it. There has been friction between us and the party's
central board," Kwik said after a party meeting presided over by
chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri.

Kwik refused to elaborate on the friction, simply saying that
he had submitted a proposal to disband the center to the party's
executive board.

The party's deputy secretary-general, Pramono Anung, said the
research center only required restructuring.

"There is no friction. We will just restructure the research
center," Pramono said after the party meeting. --JP