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        "id": 1404947,
        "msgid": "army-gives-thumbs-up-to-candidate-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-04-14 00:00:00",
        "title": "Army gives thumbs up to candidate",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Army gives thumbs up to candidate MEDAN, North Sumatra: Army Commander Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo has given his support for Maj. Gen. Rizal Nurdin -- chief of the Bukit Barisan Military Command overseeing North Sumatra, Aceh, West Sumatra and Riau -- to be nominated for North Sumatra governor for the 1998\/2003 period. Jana Sudjana, spokesman for the provincial legislature's Armed Forces faction, said that of the 18 military officers proposed, the Army commander had given his approval to Nurdin.",
        "content": "<p>Army gives thumbs up to candidate<\/p>\n<p>MEDAN, North Sumatra: Army Commander Gen. Subagyo Hadisiswoyo<br>\nhas given his support for Maj. Gen. Rizal Nurdin -- chief of the<br>\nBukit Barisan Military Command overseeing North Sumatra, Aceh,<br>\nWest Sumatra and Riau -- to be nominated for North Sumatra<br>\ngovernor for the 1998\/2003 period.<\/p>\n<p>Jana Sudjana, spokesman for the provincial legislature&apos;s Armed<br>\nForces faction, said that of the 18 military officers proposed,<br>\nthe Army commander had given his approval to Nurdin.<\/p>\n<p>The faction received the commander&apos;s telegram regarding<br>\nNurdin&apos;s candidacy on April 3, 1998, and the faction in turn<br>\nnominated only one candidate for the election, scheduled to be<br>\nheld in the next two months.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing governor Raja Inal Siregar&apos;s term of office will end<br>\nin June.<\/p>\n<p>Both Golkar and the Indonesian Democratic Party factions have<br>\nalso given their support to Nurdin, while the United Development<br>\nParty faction has yet to propose its candidate. (21)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/army-gives-thumbs-up-to-candidate-1447893297",
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