Jakarta, <strong><em>NU Online</em></strong><br /> The faction of the National Awakening Party (PKB) led by Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid submitted on Monday a letter to the Supreme Court to strengthen its legal position in regard to a court verdict favoring the rival PKB faction led by Muhaimin Iskandar.<br /> <br /> The faction is seeking "legal protection" from the Supreme Court while waiting for the South Jakarta District Court to issue a memorandum of appeal, Hermawi Taslim from the PKB central board said.<><br /> <br /> "We have submitted a legal protection letter to the Supreme Court through which we expect the court to consider whether the verdict is appropriate," he said.<br /> <br /> "It is not that we will intervene in the Supreme Court's verdict on the appeal, but we just want the court to see the oddity behind the verdict."<br /> <br /> The faction said the verdict was odd and contradicted the facts because of certain political interests of the plaintiffs. (jp/dar)

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