PKB to replace disloyal councillors

PKB to replace disloyal councillors

SEMARANG: The Central Java chapter of the National Awakening Party (PKB) has proposed the replacement of seven councillors for violating party rules.

The councillors in question have switched their allegiance to the rival PKB faction led by Minister of Defense Matori Abdul Djalil, who recently set up a new party to contest the 2004 elections after courts ruled against his old party, which carried the same name as PKB. The Political Party Law stipulates that no two parties can have the same name.

"We recommend that the PKB central board recall the seven councillors, because they have breached the party's internal rules and existing laws," Muzamil, secretary of PKB Central Java, said on Wednesday here.

The seven councillors in question are: Central Java legislative council deputy speaker Ircham Abdurrahim, Rohadi Sukardi, Faizah Idris, Ali Hanan Fatah, Chumaidi Tamziz, Syarofudin and Gautama Setiyadi.

Muzamil said the seven had attended a congress of the Matori- led PKB last year. -- JP