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MUHAMMADIYAH CONGRESS
Din Syamsuddin re-elected to lead Muhammadiyah
NU Online · Selasa, 6 Juli 2010 | 02:02 WIB
Yogyakarta, NU Online
Nearly 2,000 Muhammadiyah cadres on Monday threw support behind their sitting general chairman, putting him at the lead of the election for the group’s 13-member executive board, and a step closer to re-election as the association’s leader, the Jakarta Globe reported.
Din Syamsuddin topped the election with 1,915 votes, followed by Muhammad Muqqodas with 1,650. Among the 13 board members elected, who will serve for five years, five of them are new, including Abdul Mu’ti, the youngest at 41. />
Thohir Luth from the East Java branch said he was certain that Din would be re-elected chairman for the next five years. He said the organization still believed in Din.
“I am not speaking only based on my area, but for all the cadres, we still believe in Pak Din,” he said. “In the current national situation, we still need Pak Din, someone who is critical.”
He said he thought the makeup of the board was “perfect: There are senior members and those from the young generation.”
Thohir said people should never judge someone by his or her age. Although some of the newly elected members were advanced in years, he still believed they had the spirit to lead.
Umar Ali, a cadre from East Nusa Tenggara, also laid his hopes on Din, saying he was satisfied with what the chairman had done for the organization. As for the rest of the executive board, “I am happy with the list,” he said.
Controversial candidate Muchdi Purwoprandjono, a retired Army general who was acquitted of masterminding the murder of activist Munir Said Thalib in a trial that was lambasted by rights groups, did not make the cut.
Commenting on the same old names sitting on the board and criticism that the group was not accommodating the young, Syafii Ma’arif, a former general chairman of Muhammadiyah, said there were no rules regarding the ages of board members.
“I think if Muhammadiyah’s young people have made some achievements, they will be recognized by the people. But if they are unpopular among the public, I think it’s rather hard,” he said.
“I have told them several times that they should accommodate young people.”
Syafii said that while young people in general had much potential, many were not really close to the public.
Previously, Muhammadiyah youth wing chairman Muhammad Izzul Muslimin criticized the organization for paying too little attention to its young cadres.
Izzul said fewer than 30 percent of the 39 candidates for the board could be considered young.
“Young is not older than 50 years. And we see that not many of them are sitting in the executive board.”
He said the branch meeting that came out with the list of candidates did not have enough understanding on gender and youth issues.
The next general chairman will be elected at a meeting of the new executive board today. (dar)
Nearly 2,000 Muhammadiyah cadres on Monday threw support behind their sitting general chairman, putting him at the lead of the election for the group’s 13-member executive board, and a step closer to re-election as the association’s leader, the Jakarta Globe reported.
Din Syamsuddin topped the election with 1,915 votes, followed by Muhammad Muqqodas with 1,650. Among the 13 board members elected, who will serve for five years, five of them are new, including Abdul Mu’ti, the youngest at 41.
Thohir Luth from the East Java branch said he was certain that Din would be re-elected chairman for the next five years. He said the organization still believed in Din.
“I am not speaking only based on my area, but for all the cadres, we still believe in Pak Din,” he said. “In the current national situation, we still need Pak Din, someone who is critical.”
He said he thought the makeup of the board was “perfect: There are senior members and those from the young generation.”
Thohir said people should never judge someone by his or her age. Although some of the newly elected members were advanced in years, he still believed they had the spirit to lead.
Umar Ali, a cadre from East Nusa Tenggara, also laid his hopes on Din, saying he was satisfied with what the chairman had done for the organization. As for the rest of the executive board, “I am happy with the list,” he said.
Controversial candidate Muchdi Purwoprandjono, a retired Army general who was acquitted of masterminding the murder of activist Munir Said Thalib in a trial that was lambasted by rights groups, did not make the cut.
Commenting on the same old names sitting on the board and criticism that the group was not accommodating the young, Syafii Ma’arif, a former general chairman of Muhammadiyah, said there were no rules regarding the ages of board members.
“I think if Muhammadiyah’s young people have made some achievements, they will be recognized by the people. But if they are unpopular among the public, I think it’s rather hard,” he said.
“I have told them several times that they should accommodate young people.”
Syafii said that while young people in general had much potential, many were not really close to the public.
Previously, Muhammadiyah youth wing chairman Muhammad Izzul Muslimin criticized the organization for paying too little attention to its young cadres.
Izzul said fewer than 30 percent of the 39 candidates for the board could be considered young.
“Young is not older than 50 years. And we see that not many of them are sitting in the executive board.”
He said the branch meeting that came out with the list of candidates did not have enough understanding on gender and youth issues.
The next general chairman will be elected at a meeting of the new executive board today. (dar)
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