Yogyakarta, December, 8, 2025 – The Grand Meeting of the Student Association of the Department of Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture (HMJ Kamastawa) was held on Sunday, November 30, 2025, in the Auditorium of the Soegondo Building, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University. During this General Meeting, a report on the activities of the 2025 management was presented, followed by a session on the Articles of Association/Bylaws (AD/ART), and concluded with a deliberation to elect the chairperson of HMJ Kamastawa for the 2026 term.
The General Assembly of HMJ Kamastawa is an annual mandatory event aimed at creating a forum for discussion among students of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture Program. This forum was created as a platform for aspirations, opinions, and openness of HMJ Kamastawa as a special member organization under the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture Program. The General Meeting was attended by offline participants present at the forum and online participants via Google Meet.
This Grand Meeting was opened by the Master of Ceremony (MC). This was followed by a speech by the Chairman of HMJ Kamastawa for the 2025 period, Dwiyan Teguh Darmawan, and a speech by the Head of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture Study Program, Dr. Daru Winarti, M.Hum. After the speeches, the election of chairpersons I and II was held with the approval of the participants of the Grand Meeting. The chair of session I began the first session of the Grand Meeting with a report on the activities of the 2025 management. The first session of the Grand Meeting went well and quickly, with a few evaluations and suggestions from the participants of the Grand Meeting adding to the report.
The second session was marked by the handover from chairperson I to chairperson II. The second session was a hearing on the Articles of Association/Bylaws (AD/ART) of HMJ Kamastawa for the 2026 management period. The majority of participants in the second session of the Grand Meeting actively debated crucial points in the AD/ART that required adjustments to the situation and conditions. The decisions of the meeting were made through deliberation, voting, and unanimous approval by the participants of the Grand Meeting.
The final session of the HMJ Kamastawa Grand Meeting was the election of the chairperson of HMJ Kamastawa for the 2026 term. This election was carried out in the following stages.
- Reading of the requirements for the chairperson of HMJ Kamastawa,
- Nomination of chairperson candidates by participants of the Grand Meeting present at the forum,
- Verification of the eligibility of chairperson candidates,
- Presentation of personal statements by each chairperson candidate,
- Question and answer session by participants of the Grand Meeting present at the forum with the chairperson candidates,
- Deliberation on the election of the chairperson,
- Announcement of the elected chairperson, and
- Remarks by the elected chairperson.
The candidates for chairperson of HMJ Kamastawa nominated by the participants of the Grand Meeting were Wreksi Awinanggya Pinandhita, Bayu Seta Ardiansyah, Nurcholish Ramadhan, Inoora Putri Haliza, Muhammad Jundy Ashiddiqie, and Zahra Nova Putri. During the verification of the requirements for chairperson candidates, candidate Nurcholish Ramadhan was disqualified because he did not meet one of the requirements for chairperson candidates, namely not serving as chairperson in a student organization at Gadjah Mada University. After going through the deliberation stage for the election of the chairperson, a unanimous vote resulted in the election of Wreksi Awinanggya Pinandhita as the chairperson of HMJ Kamastawa for the 2026 period.
Wreksi Pinandhita stated that his election as chairman of HMJ Kamastawa would be a new challenge and must be carried out as well as possible as a mandate from the students of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture Study Program. Wreksi hopes that the management he will lead in the next year will run smoothly and better than the previous period with the support of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture student family.
The HMJ Kamastawa Grand Meeting directly contributes to the achievement of SDG point 4, Quality Education, which supports and develops students’ leadership and soft skills. Not only that, the Grand Meeting also supports the achievement of SDG point 16, Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions, by practicing the grand meeting as the highest democratic and transparent forum. Finally, this activity is also in line with SDG point 17, Partnerships for the Goals. The presence of the HMJ Kamastawa Grand Deliberation is also a form of commitment by students of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture Study Program to nguri-uri ‘preserve’ and ngurip-urip ‘revitalize’ the culture of the archipelago, especially Javanese culture.
[Javanase Literature & Culture , Maysa Putri Fatihah]
