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A CENTURY OF PARLIAMENTARY LIFE
IN INDONESIA

When Novanto resigned, there was a dynamic in the Golkar Party regard-
ing leadership. At that time, there was a dualism in the management of
the Golkar Central Board, namely the result of the Bali National Meeting
led by Aburizal Bakrie and the Jakarta National Meeting that was chaired
by Agung Laksono. This also led to differences in the nomination of a
candidate to replace Novanto from the Golkar Party faction. Two letters
appeared in the name of the Golkar Faction. The Aburizal camp proposed
Ade Komarudin and the Agung camp proposed Agus Gumiwang. In the
end, it was Aburizal Bakrie’s camp that was chosen. Ade Komarudin on 11
January 2016 became the Speaker of the DPR.

The friendly atmosphere of the During Ade Komarudin’s tenure, Novanto also tried to fight the allega-
consultation between the DPR-RI
Leadership with the President and tions of his involvement in the “Papa Asks for Shares” case through the
Vice President in discussing the Constitutional Court. Regarding the wiretapping or recording that hap-
2015 Revised State Budget.
pened to him, he submitted a judicial review of the Electronic Information
(Parliamentaria Edition: 121 TH. XLV, and Transactions Law regarding evidence in investigation, prosecution,
2015)
and examination. The recording of his conversation with Riza Chalid and
Maroef Sjamsoeddin which was used as evidence to arrest him could not
be used as evidence.

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