Anita Rachman – Din Syamsuddin has been re-elected chairman of the nation's second largest Islamic organization, Muhammadiyah, for another five years.

Wednesday's decision was reached by the 13 newly elected members of Muhammadiyah's executive board through an acclamation process. The decision was made through an internal meeting within the newly elected 13 members of executive board.

Board member Yunahar Ilyas said the decision took some time because each of the 13 members was given the opportunity to "speak and evaluate what has happened in the past five years."

"There was no voting; we all came to the decision with a very peaceful discussion."

Din said the board had yet to decide on what the organization would focus on in the next five years, though he stressed any such decision would be a collective one.

"Our relationship with the government will remain the same, proportional," he said, referring to previous statements in which the organization would support the government on policies that were pro-people and criticize the government when it stepped out of line.

Agung Danarto, seen as a representative of the younger generation, was elected general secretary.