PDI conflict continues

Sat, 03 Dec 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SURABAYA: Chairman of the East Java chapter of the Indonesian
Democratic Party (PDI) Soetjipto said it was up to the party's
central board to decide whether or not the party will hold an
extra-ordinary regional congress to settle the conflict within
the chapter.

Soetjipto said Thursday that the central board must deal with
the internal dispute within the East Java chapter, which involved
another group of PDI members under the leadership of Latief
Pudjosakti, Antara reported.

Latief, backed by some members of the PDI central board, was
installed as the chapter chairman recently by Gerry Mbatemoy, an
executive board member from Jakarta. The government has refused
to recognize the installation and has given the same treatment to
Soetjipto.

PDI leader Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned Latief twice for
his defiance and thrown her support behind Soetjipto. (sim)

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