Secretary-General Ferri Nuzarli and 1.3 Million ORI Members Resign from Labour Party, What Are the Reasons?

Ferri Nuzarli, Secretary-General of the Labour Party, has resigned together with around 1.3 million members and officials of the Organisasi Rakyat Indonesia (ORI) due to differences of opinion regarding the party’s direction of struggle. Ferri stated at a press conference in Jakarta on Friday that the decision was taken after lengthy consideration and evaluation. “This decision was not an easy one. However, after various considerations and evaluations, we saw that there were increasingly fundamental differences in views, attitudes, and the direction of struggle,” Ferri said in a written statement. He explained that ORI is the political wing of the Konfederasi Serikat Pekerja Seluruh Indonesia (KSPSI) Andi Gani, founded in 2013, and was one of 11 initiating organisations for the establishment of the Labour Party at the First Congress in October 2021. According to Ferri, around 1.3 million ORI members across Indonesia decided to resign from the Labour Party starting Friday. “With full awareness and responsibility, ORI, which has around 1.3 million members, has decided to resign starting Friday,” he said. Ferri emphasised that the resignation was carried out amicably while maintaining fraternal relations with the Labour Party. He also instructed all ORI officials holding structural positions in the Labour Party, from the central, provincial, district/city to sub-district levels, to immediately submit administrative resignation letters. “Today we instruct all ranks of ORI and KSPSI Andi Gani who serve as Labour Party officials to immediately prepare resignation letters as an administrative requirement,” he said. Ferri said the officials following this move are spread across various regions, including North Sumatra, Riau, Jambi, Riau Islands, South Sumatra, Lampung, West Sumatra, DKI Jakarta, Banten, West Java, Central Java, DI Yogyakarta, East Java, South Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Southeast Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, and Papua. He likened the relationship between ORI and the Labour Party to a household facing prolonged problems, where various attempts at amicable resolution have yielded no results. “We have actually been trying to resolve internal issues amicably for a long time, but the problems kept mounting until finally, based on evaluations and input from all regions, we decided this is where it ends,” he said.