Fighting For the Throne
Embroiled in a nearly two-year-long crisis over party leadership, the Golkar Party finally opened an extraordinary conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, last Saturday. No fewer than eight candidates are competing to win the 558 votes needed become Golkar chairman for 2016-2019, replacing Aburizal Bakrie.
So far, the disgraced former House speaker Setya Novanto appears to have the edge. Another candidate, Ade Komarudin, has wide support at the regency and city level.
May 17, 2016
Embroiled in a nearly two-year-long crisis over party leadership, the Golkar Party finally opened an extraordinary conference in Nusa Dua, Bali, last Saturday. No fewer than eight candidates are competing to win the 558 votes needed become Golkar chairman for 2016-2019, replacing Aburizal Bakrie.
So far, the disgraced former House speaker Setya Novanto appears to have the edge. Another candidate, Ade Komarudin, has wide support at the regency and
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