Jakarta, NU Online
The Supreme leader (Rais Aam) of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), KH A. Musthofa Bisri, popularly known as Gus Mus, deplored the childish behaviour of the House of Representatives (DPR) members. <>

Instead, he called on the members of parliament to show their true statesmanship, saying "experience of political competition which has just gone, let it be a lesson." Thus, there is no longer the term "dispute among us".

Gus Mus made the remarks at the National Ulema Meeting of the country's largest Muslim organization in Jakarta on Saturday (1/11).

"We have to make the experience as a lesson in the future attitude of wisdom. All this should be demonstrated by our representatives having not yet shown the slang words, 'not moving on'," said Gus Mus.

Vice President Jusuf Kalla and some new "Working Cabonet" ministers were also present in the occasion.

To HM Yusuf Kalla, who is also member of the NU Advisory Board, Gus Mus expected the government to make efforts to soon end the tension in Senayan.

As reported the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P)-led coalition insisted on inaugurating its own version of House of Representatives leadership, plunging the House further into uncertainty more than one month after being inducted.

The move has been met with disapproval from many, including President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Jusuf Kalla, who called on the PDI-P-led coalition and the Red-and-White Coalition to bury the hatchet.

"It is better for us to unite [...] people could follow the [bad] example," Jokowi said at the Presidential Palace recently.

Jokowi, however, was confident that the two camps could soon resolve their differences.

Kalla, meanwhile, called on lawmakers to peacefully settle their disputes.

"I believe musyawarah [consensus-building deliberation] can solve the deadlock. It is important to maintain good relations [among lawmakers]," Kalla told reporters at his office in Central Jakarta recently.

Despite the absence of any legal basis, the PDI-P-led coalition officiated on Friday National Awakening Party (PKB) lawmaker Ida Fauziah as its version of House speaker during its own plenary meeting on Friday, along with the PDI-P’s Effendi Simbolon, United Development Party’s (PPP) Syaifullah Tamliha, NasDem Party’s Maj. Gen. (ret) Supiadin Aries Saputra and Hanura Party’s Dossy Iskandar Prasetyo as deputy speakers.

The camp initially tagged PDI-P senior politician Pramono Anung Wibowo as speaker and PKB’s Abdul Kadir Karding and NasDem’s Patrice Rio Cappella as deputies but later dropped them from the list.

Pramono and Patrice were not present during the camp’s plenary session.

Although leaders of political parties in the coalition were aware that the move was illegal, they however insisted that the action was needed to challenge the “authoritarian” leadership by current House leaders, who all come from factions within the rival Red-and-White Coalition.

Editing by Sudarto Murtaufiq