Jakarta – Senior Golkar Party politician Muladi expressed pessimism on the possibility of ending the dispute between the two Golkar factions through the party's internal dispute committee.

As the head of the committee, according to the 2009 national congress in Riau, Muladi said his team could not go to work even with the recognition of the government and the two conflicting factions; one led by Aburizal Bakrie, elected in a congress in Bali, and the other by Agung Laksono, elected in a congress in Jakarta.

"We cannot hold a hearing because we don't have independence," he said, as quoted by Viva.or.id.

Muladi said two of the five committee members, Djasri Marin and Andi Mattalatta, were already with Agung's faction. Muladi, who is currently with Aburizal's faction, said he and another member, Has Natabaya, also from Aburizal's faction, were the only ones available to hold a hearing.

Another member of the committee, Aulia A. Rachman, is currently serving as the Indonesian ambassador to the Czech Republic.

For the first time in its 50-year history, the party has split, seriously disrupting its political activities.

Law and Human Rights Minister Yasonna H. Laoly had announced that reconciliation between the two factions should be through the party's dispute committee, as appointed in the Riau congress.

Muladi said he had sent letters to the two factions, elaborating three options for the reconciliation: negotiations, a joint national congress, or legal settlement by the Administrative Court.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/29/golkar-deadlock-over-internal-committee.html