Hidayat Nur Wahid steps down as MPR deputy chair
PKS has assigned Hidayat to lead DPR's BKSAP, while Mohamad Sohibul Iman will replace him at MPR.
Hidayat Nur Wahid has stepped down as deputy speaker of the MPR, and the MPR leadership meeting received his resignation letter on Tuesday night. MPR Chairman Ahmad Muzani said the next steps will proceed under the institution's mechanisms and the applicable rules.
PKS said Hidayat has been assigned a new role as chairman of the DPR's Inter-Parliamentary Cooperation Agency, or BKSAP. According to PKS Secretary-General Muhammad Kholid, the assignment is meant to strengthen interparliamentary diplomacy with legislatures in various countries and broaden support for the struggle for Palestinian independence.
To replace Hidayat at the MPR, PKS named Mohamad Sohibul Iman, who also serves as chairman of the PKS Shura Council and a member of Commission I in the DPR.