PDI-P not to hold special congress

PDI-P not to hold special congress

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)
dismissed on Monday demands to hold a special congress to replace
the party's leadership following its poor performance in this
year's elections.

PDI-P deputy secretary-general Yacobus Mayong Padang said a
special congress required the approval of two-thirds of the
party's 430 regency branches.

"In the absence of an official request, and considering that
the next congress will take place in April next year, we will
hold no special congress," Yacobus said.

Some party members had demanded that party leader Megawati
Soekarnoputri and executives be held responsible for PDI-P's
defeat to Golkar Party in the April legislative election, and for
Megawati's loss in the presidential election earlier this month.

Megawati is slated to preside over a meeting at the Grand
Bali Beach Hotel in Nusa Dua, Bali, on Tuesday to discuss the
party's planned consolidation.--JP