Hatta Rajasa was elected chairman of PAN, was it President SBY power coalition is getting stronger?

By Dana Anwari

Coordinating Minister for Economy, Hatta Rajasa, was elected general chairman of the National Mandate Party (PAN) in the 2010-2015 period Third Congress of PAN in the Hotel Planet Holiday Batam, Kepulauan Riau (9 / 1). The position of loyalists President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was the government's power to strengthen the coalition. But was it?

In Congress III PAN 7-9 January 2010 in Batam, Hatta compete with Dradjad H Wibowo. Dradjad is a politician who does not want the PAN coalition with the Democratic Party who carried SBY in the 2009 presidential election.

Amien Rais as the founder of PAN is very dominant in the Congress. Dradjad H Wibowo governed by Amien Rais to support Hatta Rajasa become chairman before the election. Compensation, Dradjad serve as vice chairman. Dradjad position as vice chairman of PAN, Amien Rais is ready to break the coalition with the government of President Yudhoyono, SBY is considered if not successfully make the people prosperous.

Dradjad H Wibowo famous SBY critical of the policy, would continue to carry out its social control function as a politician. Furthermore, in the 2009 presidential election, he supported the competition SBY, presidential candidate M. Jusuf Kalla.

Amien Rais of PAN does not seem to dissolve in support of President Yudhoyono koalisasi blindly. For that, he was developing a cadre of PAN Drajad Wibowo to compensate Hatta Rajasa loyal to SBY and the Democratic Party.

Hatta Rajasa relationship was close to SBY. When the book "Membongkar Gurita Cikeas" (Dismantling Octopus Cikeas) right, there are business-related Hatta SBY family. Hartanto, youngest brother lady Ani Yudhoyono has jumped into the fiber optic business in PT Powertel, with my younger Hatta Rajasa.

In fact, matches the second son of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Edhie Baskoro, the eldest daughter of Minister/State Secretary Hatta Rajasa, Aliya Rajasa, blowing strong among reporters covering daily at the Presidential Palace. If Edhie Baskoro and Aliya Rajasa be married, of course-SBY Hatta relationship more closely support the power of President SBY.

Position as a minister Hatta Rajasa also have a positive impact for the PAN. Financial PAN is expected to increase as much preparation for the 2014 General Election. Target PAN, as Hatta Rajasa said, should become the third winner.

Hatta Rajasa criticized not feasible concurrently as minister and party chairman. Amien Rais did not care. Amien Rais said he had asked President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono about the double posting rules in Act No. 39 Year 2008 on the Ministry of State. According to Amien, Yudhoyono did not question the official state concurrently as party chairman.

Party in Indonesia, which has consistently applied the general chairman of the policy may not concurrently hold public office is the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS). PKS President Tifatul Sembiring resigned when he became Minister of Information. PKS President Hidayat Nur Wahid, President resigned when elected as Chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). PKS first president Nur Mahmudi also returned as Minister of Forestry at the time of President Abdurrahman Wahid. And the observers and the public responded positively to the steps (www.rainbowdiplomacy.com/picture:www.inilah.com)