Amien's resignation a matter of prestige<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Amien Rais relinquished his top slot in the
\nAssociation of Indonesian Moslems Intellectuals (ICMI) last week
\nbecause of pressures from within the Muhammadiyah organization he
\nchairs, it was claimed yesterday.<\/p>\n
Amien resigned from ICMI's Council of Experts on the
\nMuhammadiyah Youth Association's recommendation last November,
\nsaid the youth wing organization leader, Hajriyanto Y. Tohari.<\/p>\n
Hajriyanto told reporters the youth wing advised Amien to
\nresign after he was publicly scolded by an ICMI top executive for
\nan unknown reason.<\/p>\n
\"We then asked Pak Amien to quit his post in ICMI,\" he said.
\n\"We couldn't accept such treatment. We thought the incident had
\nhurt Muhammadiyah's pride.\"<\/p>\n
A plenary meeting led by organization chairman B.J. Habibie
\ndecided Monday to \"accept\" Amien's resignation as chairman of the
\nassociation's Council of Experts.<\/p>\n
Habibie said Amien had asked to resign from his post last year
\non the grounds that his heavy Muhammadiyah workload had made it
\ndifficult for him to function effectively in ICMI.<\/p>\n
He denied allegations that Amien was forced to resign because
\nof his critical stance on several government policies, including
\nthe activities of the giant American mining company PT Freeport
\nIndonesia in Irian Jaya and the planned Busang gold mining
\noperation in East Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
\"By the same token, we would have asked Amien to resign from
\nGadjah Mada University if he had been scolded by its rector,\"
\nHajriyanto said.<\/p>\n
Amien is a politics lecturer at the Yogyakarta-based Gadjah
\nMada University.<\/p>\n
Amien said yesterday Muhammadiyah would propose Malik Fadjar
\nand Fuad Bawazier to step into his shoes at ICMI.<\/p>\n
Malik is Muhammadiyah's coordinator for human resources and
\ncultural development and Director General for Institutional
\nSupervision at the Ministry of Religious Affairs and Fuad is
\nDirector General of Taxation at the Ministry of Finance.<\/p>\n
Habibie has said that it has been decided that Amien's
\nsuccessor will come from Muhammadiyah. He named Fuad Bawazier,
\nwho is also a member of ICMI's board of advisors, as a likely
\ncandidate. (imn)<\/p>",
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