"I can feel I am the target of strong attacks as general chairman of the Democrat Party," Anas Urbaningrum said when addressing the National Coordination Meeting of the PD at the Sentul International Convention Center (SICC) here on Saturday.
He said in the face of the attacks he was following a lesson he had learned from PD Chief Patron Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, who is also president of the Republic of Indonesia.
"I really learned from the chief patron that we have to remain strong in the face of ordeals. We have to stand firm and consistently wage our struggle because they are our answers to the public," Anas said.
Anas said the onslaught aimed at him was nothing comparable to the attacks launched against the PD chief patron so far.
He said many attacks and slanderous allegations were aimed at PD to weaken and discredit the leadership of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
"But he continues to demonstrate that a leader must continue to show patience and ability," he said.
On the occasion, Anas called on PD cadres to make use of the coordination meeting as a momentum to carry out internal consolidation to show common solidarity and cooperation.
"Democrat Party cadres must be able to prove that the issue of internal frictions within the party is merely a public perception," the PD general chairman said.
He said that PD cadres must be able to always carry out internal consolidation until they show that their party was a big, modern and solid one.
In order to become a modern and big party, its cadres must always cooperate and not be influenced by negative issues, he said.
On the occasion, Anas admitted the PD not only had pluses but also minuses.
"We are aware that PD has weaknesses and shortxomings so that it needs to make improvements," he said.
(Uu.A014/HAJM/H-YH)
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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