PDI-P fires legislators in Lampung

PDI-P fires legislators in Lampung

LAMPUNG: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) has dismissed seven legislators in Tanggamus regency,
Lampung for supporting the local regent and vice regent
candidates who were not nominated by the party's executive board.

The chairman of the Lampung PDI Perjuangan chapter, Sahzan
Safri said on Monday that the legislators had violated chairwoman
Megawati Soekarnoputri's letter that ordered all PDI Perjuangan
legislators in Tanggamus to vote for the party's regent and vice
regent candidates.

PDI Perjuangan nominated the previous Tanggamus regent
Achmadsyah from Golkar party and PDI Perjuangan member Tulus
Purnomo for the Tanggamus regent and vice regent posts but they
failed to win a majority in the election battle.

"Because of the seven dissidents, our candidates failed to win
the election," he said, adding that there was an indication that
the seven were bribed.

The Fauzan Sya'i-Bambang Kurniawan pairing, who are the United
Development Party (PPP) candidates, won the selection. --JP