PKB leader expresses wish for reconciliation

JAKARTA: National Awakening Party (PKB) leader Muhaimin Iskandar said on Saturday he was ready to reconcile with Alwi Shihab, whose legal efforts to overturn his dismissal as PKB leader earlier this year were put to an end by a Supreme Court ruling on Friday.

Muhaimin said he had yet to receive a copy of the Supreme Court decision, but was certain it would not change anything because the PKB national congress that elected him in April was valid.

The Supreme Court supported on Friday Alwi's claim that he had been wrongfully dismissed as the party's leader following his appointment to the Cabinet of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whose presidential bid was not supported by the PKB.

However, Alwi's demand that he be reinstated as the party's head was not granted by the court. -- detik.com