Ezra Sihite & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite being ousted as the Democratic Party's chairman over his involvement in a high-profile corruption scandal, Anas Urbaningrum is continuing to cause trouble for the beleaguered party.

Following the opening of Anas's new mass organization Pergerakan Indonesia (Indonesia Movement), Syarief Hasan, the Democratic Party's managing chairman, said on Tuesday that any party member attending the inauguration would be considered disloyal and "in violation" of the party.

I Gede Pasek Suardika, a Democratic Party member who was present at the inauguration, learned this the hard way – he was replaced on Wednesday as the head of the House of Representatives Commission III on legal affairs by Ruhut Sitompul.

"I reprimanded him [Pasek] harshly yesterday, and he must accept any sanctions imposed on him," Democratic Party faction head at the House of Representatives Nurhayati Ali Assegaf said on Wednesday.

She said as a Democratic representative, Pasek should not have attended the declaration of Pergerakan Indonesia because it could have riled President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, the party's current chairman.

"We want members to appreciate the party since [Yudhoyono] was asked by members to be the chairman. You shouldn't betray your own people," she said.

Nurhayati added that Pasek's action could result in his expulsion from the party. "It's a logical consequence, and I believe Pasek considered that before he decided to attend [Anas's] declaration," she said.

Saan Mustafa, the secretary of the Democratic Party faction at the house, was replaced by Teuku Riefly Harsya.

Mirwan Amir, the party's former vice treasurer and the former chairman of the House's budget committee, said that the party's ban on attending the mass organization's inauguration was excessive and unnecessary. "It's like attending a wedding party – I don't think the party has any reason to tell me that I can't go," he said.

Mirwan said that the Democrats' leaders should have realized that, as the party's former chairman, Anas still had close connections with many of the party faithful.

Anas, who has been named a suspect by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in the Hambalang sports center graft case, said that Pergerakan Indonesia's headquarters would be located at his private residence in Duren Sawit, East Jakarta.