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Prabowo Receives NU Membership Card at Congress Closing

From Republika · () Indonesian

Translated from Indonesian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • President Prabowo Subianto attended the closing of Nahdlatul Ulama’s 35th congress in Jombang on Aug. 31, 2026.
  • Newly elected NU chairman Abdul Hakim Mahfudz said Prabowo’s membership card had been signed and was ready to be handed over.
  • Mahfudz said NU would support the government as a duty but would remain a religious and social organization rather than a political organization.

President Prabowo Subianto attended the closing of Nahdlatul Ulama’s 35th congress in Jombang, where the organization’s new chairman prepared to hand him an NU membership card.

God willing, we will give it later.

— Abdul Hakim MahfudzThe newly elected NU chairman said Prabowo’s membership card would be presented at the congress closing.

Prabowo arrived at 10:08 a.m. local time at the Bahrul Ulum Islamic boarding school’s multipurpose building. As he had during the opening ceremony, he traveled in a white Maung vehicle and waved to people gathered at the venue.

Abdul Hakim Mahfudz, known as Gus Kikin, was elected chairman of NU’s central board for 2026-2031. He said the card had been signed that morning and was ready to be given to the president. The handover marked one of Mahfudz’s first actions after taking on leadership of the organization.

It is an obligation. We are always obliged to support the government.

— Abdul Hakim MahfudzMahfudz explained NU’s position on supporting the government.

Mahfudz also said the central board’s relationship with the government would remain good. “It is an obligation. We are always obliged to support the government,” he said. At the same time, he stressed that such support would not turn NU into a political organization. “NU is not for politics,” he said, describing it as a religious and social organization.

NU is not for politics.

— Abdul Hakim MahfudzHe said government support would not make NU a political organization.
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Originally published by Republika in Indonesian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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