No reconciliation with Matori

No reconciliation with Matori

JAKARTA: National Awakening Party (PKB) board of patrons head Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid said on Monday that reconciliation between PKB and its former chairman Matori Abdul Djalil is already impossible because of two major mistakes.

"He (Matori) has made two big mistakes -- violating the party's decision to freeze its faction and establishing a splinter central executive board," Gus Dur said as quoted by Antara.

Matori was dismissed from his post as general chairman of the party because he insisted on attending the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) special session, which led to the downfall of Gus Dur from his presidency, despite the party having already frozen its faction at the People's Consultative Assembly.

"Due to his mistakes, there will be no reconciliation with him," Gus Dur said.

He said that the only way Matori could return to the party would be if he apologized.

"If he apologizes, he can return and becomes one of the party's advisers," he said. -- Antara