Syaifullah faces imminent dismissal

Syaifullah faces imminent dismissal

SURAKARTA, Central Java: National Awakening Party (PKB) deputy
chairman A.S. Hikam said here on Friday that the party was
considering dismissing its secretary-general, Syaifullah Yusuf,
for violating the party's internal rules.

Hikam said that a team was investigating the alleged
violations and would report the outcome of the probe to the
party's central board during a plenary meeting set for July 30.

Hikam said Syaifullah's had put his future at stake by
strongly urging that the PKB under chairman Alwi Shihab make
peace with a splinter group led by Matori Abdul Djalil.

Syaifullah is also known to have challenged a decision by
Abdurrahman Wahid, the party's chief patron and his uncle, who
insisted that Syaifullah withdraw his bid for the governorship of
East Java. The PKB lost to the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle in the gubernatorial election. -- Antara