YOGYAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - Gusti Bendoro Pangeran Haryo Prabukusumo, younger brother of Yogyakarta Governor Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X , has officially resigned as chairman of the Democrat Party’s Yogyakarta chapter as well as from his membership in the ruling party.
In announcing his decision here Wednesday night, Haryo said he had taken the step because there was a difference of view between him and the Democrat Party’s central executive board about the bill on Yogyakarta region’s special status.
He said his political stance on the matter was very clear, namely that the post of Yogyakarta governor should be filled by appointment and not by an election. This was in accordance with the wish of his father, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII and first Indonesian President Soekarno.
"I have to uphold the wish of my late father and the late Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII as laid down in their September 5 Declaration whereby they integrated their domains into the Unitary Republic of Indonesia. I cannot in any way betray my late father," he said. By the September 5 Declaration, Haryo said, his father and Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII sacrificed their own dignity as sovereign rulers by being prepared to be downgraded to the positions of governor and vice governor of Yogyakarta, he said. "As governor and vice governor their powers became limited as they also had to abide by the 1945 Constitution, presidential decrees and other legislation. They sacrificed their inherited powers, and is it fair that they now make more sacrifices?", Haryo said.
He said in the September 5 declaration it was clearly stated the two ex-rulers would remain the highest authorities in Yogyakarta, and if this was accepted by the government, the problem was solved, But if this clause was ignored, the essence of the declaration would be violated. According to Haryo, the government’s offer to make Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX and Sri Paduka Pakualam IX respected figures above the governor and vice governor was "just a ruse that would turn them into mere figureheads."
The government’s concept would separate them from their people. Haryo said he would come to the office of the Democrat Party’s Yogyakarta chapter on Thursday to return his party membership card for further conveyance to the party’s central executive board.
In announcing his decision here Wednesday night, Haryo said he had taken the step because there was a difference of view between him and the Democrat Party’s central executive board about the bill on Yogyakarta region’s special status.
He said his political stance on the matter was very clear, namely that the post of Yogyakarta governor should be filled by appointment and not by an election. This was in accordance with the wish of his father, Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX, Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII and first Indonesian President Soekarno.
"I have to uphold the wish of my late father and the late Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII as laid down in their September 5 Declaration whereby they integrated their domains into the Unitary Republic of Indonesia. I cannot in any way betray my late father," he said. By the September 5 Declaration, Haryo said, his father and Sri Paduka Paku Alam VIII sacrificed their own dignity as sovereign rulers by being prepared to be downgraded to the positions of governor and vice governor of Yogyakarta, he said. "As governor and vice governor their powers became limited as they also had to abide by the 1945 Constitution, presidential decrees and other legislation. They sacrificed their inherited powers, and is it fair that they now make more sacrifices?", Haryo said.
He said in the September 5 declaration it was clearly stated the two ex-rulers would remain the highest authorities in Yogyakarta, and if this was accepted by the government, the problem was solved, But if this clause was ignored, the essence of the declaration would be violated. According to Haryo, the government’s offer to make Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono IX and Sri Paduka Pakualam IX respected figures above the governor and vice governor was "just a ruse that would turn them into mere figureheads."
The government’s concept would separate them from their people. Haryo said he would come to the office of the Democrat Party’s Yogyakarta chapter on Thursday to return his party membership card for further conveyance to the party’s central executive board.
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