Grandson of NU Founder inaugurated as Vice President of the Gerindra Party

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com – The Indonesian Great Movement Party (Gerindra) confirmed M. Irfan Yusuf Hasyim as vice president (waketum) on the 13th anniversary of the Gerindra Party, on Saturday (2/6/2021).

The man who is familiarly called Gus Irfan is the grandson of the founder of Nahdlatul Ulama, Hasyim Ashari. Gus Irfan is also known as a figure from the Islamic Tebu Ireng boarding school, Jombang, East Java.

Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani said the inauguration was conducted by Gerindra Party Chairman and Board of Trustees Prabowo Subianto based on the results of the August 8, 2020 congress.

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“With the inauguration of the leadership of the Gerindra Party by H Prabowo Subianto, it gives legitimacy to the board to take measures, work and partisan programs in the achievement of the goals of the political parties to continue serving the people,” said the Gerindra Party Secretary General Ahmad Muzani in a written statement on Saturday (7/2/2021).

Muzani said that in commemoration of Gerindra’s anniversary, Prabowo advised the cadres to keep up the good work regarding the unity and spread of friendship between the Indonesian nation.

He stressed that the Gerindra Party’s commitment to safeguard Pancasila, the 1945 Constitution, NKRI and Bhinneka Tunggal Ika is non-negotiable.

“Gerindra should not feel tired, be patient in facing this situation so that we become the glue of unity, unity and strength amidst the plurality of Indonesian society,” Muzani said.

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Muzani continued, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Prabowo advised Gerindra Party cadres to carry out political movements in new ways.

“Pak Prabowo advised the cadres in their fight not to give up quickly, not to tire quickly and not to feel defeated, patience should be a way of fighting to be consistent and so that the fight can be sustained,” Muzani said.

The Gerindra officials that Prabowo confirmed include Sufmi Dasco Ahmad as executive director of the Gerindra Party, Sandiaga Uno as vice chairman of the Gerindra Party Board, and Ahmad Muzani as general secretary of the Gerindra Party.