Contestation for Chairmanship Will be Fierce

KOMPAS/RADITYA HELABUMI

Golkar Party flags are installed on an overpass on Jl. KH Mas Mansyur, Jakarta, Sunday (12/1/2019). The Golkar Party will hold a National Conference (Munas) on December 3 to 6, 2019 in Jakarta. The election of Golkar’s general chairman will be one of the agendas in the National Conference.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The contestation for the Golkar Party chairmanship in the national conference, which will begin on Tuesday (3/12/2019) in Jakarta, is predicted to be fierce. The dynamics will be influenced by the mechanism for electing the chairperson, which will be determined by the participants of the conference.

President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is scheduled to open the Golkar Party National Conference, which will be held until Dec. 6. Yesterday, at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, the President emphasized that the Golkar Party National Conference was a part of the party\'s internal affairs. Golkar is considered capable of electing its leader democratically.