Ronnie Brunswijk, chairman of the ABOP, recently claimed again that there are no tensions between his political party and Pertjajah Luhur (PL). Both political parties had initially planned on participating in the general elections as a joint party namely the ABOPPL. But both parties recently decided to fly solo again. “The decision to run for office separately was deemed necessary after intensive attempts to establish the new party, ABOPPL,” Brunswijk who is also the nation’s VP told the press. “PL chairman Paul Somohardjo made it clear that he would not exit his political party. This is why it was decided to participate in the elections separately and to put the plans for ABOPPL on hold for now,” said the chairman of the ABOP. After the general elections of May 2025 both parties will determine if and how they could collaborate. This decision was recently announced by Brunswijk at a rally of his party. Somohardjo was clearly surprised by the announcement because both parties had agreed to make this announcement in December 2024. Brunswijk made it clear that this decision should not come as a surprise to the people who were closely involved in the attempts to establish the ABOPPL. “Nobody can say that it came as a surprise,” said the chairman of the ABOP. Despite everything Brunswijk assured that there are no tensions between his party and the PL…[+]