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        "msgid": "council-okays-three-governor-nominees-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-08-20 00:00:00",
        "title": "Council okays three governor nominees",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Council okays three governor nominees JAKARTA (JP): The City Council officially submitted three names for the Jakarta governorship to the Ministry of Home Affairs yesterday. Council speaker Edy Waluyo said the three nominated candidates -- incumbent Jakarta Military commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso, legislator Achmadi and deputy governor of economic and development affairs Tb. M.",
        "content": "<p>Council okays three governor nominees<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The City Council officially submitted three<br>\nnames for the Jakarta governorship to the Ministry of Home<br>\nAffairs yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Council speaker Edy Waluyo said the three nominated candidates<br>\n-- incumbent Jakarta Military commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso,<br>\nlegislator Achmadi and deputy governor of economic and<br>\ndevelopment affairs Tb. M. Rais -- would be screened by the<br>\nministry before their names were given to President Soeharto, who<br>\nwill choose the governor.<\/p>\n<p>\"The council selects them based on the required procedures and<br>\nwe believe the Ministry of Home Affairs will not find any<br>\nproblems with them,\" Edy told a press conference yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\"All four council factions have agreed to nominate them after<br>\nconsulting their parties' city branch offices,\" Edy said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the council had also consulted the Armed Forces<br>\n(ABRI) Commander Gen. Feisal Tanjung on the nomination of<br>\nSutiyoso. \"He (Sutiyoso) has received Faisal's blessing.\"<\/p>\n<p>He said that the Ministry of Home Affairs was expected to<br>\ncomplete the screening process in the second week of September.<\/p>\n<p>\"We hope a decree on the appointment of the new governor will<br>\nbe issued in the third week of September,\" Edy said.<\/p>\n<p>According to the schedule, he said, the new governor would be<br>\ninstalled on Oct. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The chairman of the United Development Party faction, Achmad<br>\nSuaidy, was confident that Sutiyoso would be appointed Jakarta's<br>\nnext governor. \"I'm 100 percent certain,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sutiyoso said yesterday that he was ready to be appointed<br>\ngovernor if he was assigned by the ABRI Commander.<\/p>\n<p>\"But, we should abide by all the procedures of the governor's<br>\nselection. The process is not yet completed. Let's wait and see,\"<br>\nhe said.<\/p>\n<p>However, he was sure that the ABRI Commander would allow him<br>\nto become the new governor if he was chosen.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, whose term of office ends<br>\non Oct. 6, filed his letter of resignation to the President<br>\nthrough the Ministry of Home Affairs in March. (ste\/jun)<\/p>",
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