Bambang bids farewell to conflict-ridden LBH<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Bambang Widjojanto walked away on Wednesday from the populist
\nFoundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI), which
\nhe has chaired for the last five years.<\/p>\n
His job will be done by an abruptly established group of
\ncaretakers tasked with reforming the 31-year-old organization,
\nwhich has been battered by internal bickering.<\/p>\n
\"I have chosen to quit ... I will work together with other
\npeople to promote democracy. I refuse to work with people who
\nlove playing in the gray area. I respect my seniors, but none of
\nyou here is good enough to be my role model,\" he said at the
\nhandover ceremony.<\/p>\n
YLBHI's board of trustees has set up a three-strong caretaker
\nteam, temporarily chaired by Victor Sibarani. The move was taken
\nto break the impasse in the management reshuffle.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, YLBHI vice chairman Munir resigned.<\/p>\n
YLBHI founder and former chairman of the board of trustees
\nAdnan Buyung Nasution said that Bambang's tenure had actually
\nended in September but had been extended by another two months to
\nallow for the election of a new chairman.<\/p>\n
The board of trustees, the highest decision-making body,
\nrefused to reextend Bambang's tenure because he had failed to
\nelect a new chief as scheduled, according to Adnan.<\/p>\n
Adnan has been criticized for defending senior military
\nofficers named as suspects in the 1999 incidents of human rights
\nabuse in East Timor.<\/p>\n
\"There are no conflicts. Everything is fine .... We have all
\nburied the hatchet,\" he told reporters.<\/p>\n
Thirteen of the human rights defenders at YLBHI criticized the
\nreshuffle, saying that it would bring about more friction among
\nthe members. They charged that the board of trustees had carried
\nit out without consulting them beforehand.<\/p>",
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