PP fires member for loyalty to Golkar

PP fires member for loyalty to Golkar

JAKARTA: The central board of the Pemuda Pancasila (PP) youth
organization has fired a member following his support for the
Golkar Party instead of the Pancasila Patriot Party, whose
chairman also leads the PP.

The PP said in a statement on Friday that Johny Achmad
Tambunan, the PP head in Bogor, West Java, had been dismissed for
a statement made available to the public that the PP had no
affiliation with the Pancasila Patriot Party.

Johny had told the Modus tabloid at the Golkar Party
headquarters in Jakarta that PP chairman Japto S. Soerjosoemarno
established the Patriot Pancasila Party in his capacity as an
individual, and that the youth group had never held a congress to
formalize its shift of allegiance.

The PP used to be affiliated to Golkar.

The youth group, however, said it would allow Johny to defend
himself during its national meeting later this year. -- JP