SPECIAL STATUS

SULTAN AND YOGYA’S SPECIAL STATUS

THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF YOGYAKARTA DJUWARTO EXPRESSED HIS DETERMINATIONS IN FIGHTING TO MAINTAIN THE SPECIAL STATUS OF THE PROVINCEACCORDING TO DJUWARTO SRI SULTAN HAMENGKU BUWONO THE TENTH’S RELUCTANCE IN CONTINUING HIS POSITION AS THE GOVERNOR NEED TO BE RESPONDED WITH CARE IN THE MEANTIME ROMO TIRUN SAID THAT WHAT WAS CONVEYED BY SRI SULTAN IS HIS FINAL WORD AND HIS RIGHT...

ACCORDING TO DJUWARTO CLEAR DEFINITIONS ON THE SPECIAL STATUS OF THE PROVINCE OF YOGYAKARTA WILL BE UPHELD IN THE CONSULTATIVE ASSEMBLY EVENTHOUGH SULTAN IS RELUCTANT IN CONTINUING HIS POSITION AS THE GOVERNOR DJUWARTO SAID THE POSITION SHOULD STILL BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE ROYAL FAMILY OF KRATON YOGYAKARTA THE CHARACTER OF THE PEOPLE IN JOGJA IS UNIQUE WITH CONFLICTS REMEDIED BY THE GOVERNOR SRI SULTAN HIMSELF

ANOTHER FIGURE FATHER TIRUN SAID THAT SULTAN’S STATEMENT IS THE WORD OF A KING IN WHICH THE PEOPLE HAVE TO ABIDE BY ROMO TIRUN WHO IS ALSO A FAMILY OF KRATON YOGYAKARTA/ EXPLICITLY SAID THAT SRI SULTAN’S RELUCTANCE WAS UNXPECTED BY THE ROYAL FAMILY HOWEVER IT IS SRI SULTAN’S RIGHTS WETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT THE POSITION