Author: yosefardi.com

Yesterday afternoon, the Chairman of the United Development Party (PPP) Suryadharma Ali notified Kompas.com that his party will hold its Eighth National Congress (Muktamar) in Jakarta, on October 23. This announcement is contrary to the announcement previously made by the Secretary General of PPP Romahurmuzy that the PPP’s Eighth Muktamar will be held in Surabaya tomorrow, on Oct. 15, 2014. So, which one is legit, Suryadharma’s Jakarta Muktamar or Romahurmuzy’s Surabaya Muktamar?

According to Yahoo! Indonesia and Greeneration Indonesia an Indonesian uses 700 plastic bags per year from shopping. The production of all those plastic waste costs 11 trillion rupiah per year. Antara News reported that the production of Indonesian domestic plastic waste reached up to 5.4 million ton per year, which is 14 percent of the total waste production. In Jakarta alone, the Jakarta Environmental Management Agency (BPLHD) recorded that out of the 6,000 tons of garbage produced on a daily basis, 13 percent are in the form of plastic waste.

The United Development Party (PPP) has decided to hold its national congress meeting (Muktamar) this week. PPP’s Eighth Muktamar will be held in Surabaya from Oct. 15 to Oct. 18. The Secretary General of PPP Romahurmuziy told journalists that the Muktamar will be a chance for PPP members to reconcile their differences. The Islamic party has been torn by internal conflicts ever since the start of the presidential campaign, with one faction of the party favoring the cause of the founder of Gerindra Prabowo Subianto cause and the other preferring to be a part of the ruling coalition of President-elect Joko “Jokowi” Widodo. So will there be a PPP reconciliation?