ICMI proffers cadres for vice presidential staff<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The acting chairman of the Association of the
\nIndonesian Moslem Intellectuals (ICMI), Achmad Tirtosudiro,
\nconfirmed yesterday that the association had proposed some of its
\ncadres to be staff members in the vice presidential office.<\/p>\n
\"Pak Z.A. Maulani is now at the State Secretariat to propose a
\nnumber of ICMI cadres for vice presidential staff positions,\" he
\ntold reporters after meeting Minister of Home Affairs R. Hartono
\nat the latter's office.<\/p>\n
But he declined to mention their names, saying that he would
\nwait for the announcement from the State Secretariat.<\/p>\n
Several members of ICMI's executive board and board of
\nadvisors, including Adi Sasono, Jimly Asshidique, Sayidiman
\nSuryohadiprojo, Sofian Effendi and Z.A. Maulani, have been cited
\nas possible candidates for the posts.<\/p>\n
Asked why ICMI was forwarding its members for such positions,
\nAchmad said that as Vice President, B.J. Habibie would be looking
\nfor assistants who could work with him harmoniously.<\/p>\n
\"It's natural if Pak Habibie selects people, whom he is
\nfamiliar with, to become his assistants,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Habibie, who took the oath of vice presidential office March
\n11, is still the ICMI chairman, albeit a non-active one, until
\nthe next ICMI congress in 2000.<\/p>\n
Habibie handed over the operational leadership role to Achmad
\na day after being sworn in as Vice President.<\/p>\n
Achmad dismissed speculation that the ICMI cadres were being
\nforwarded to the vice presidential office because they were not
\ngiven seats in the Seventh Development Cabinet.<\/p>\n
\"No, it's not true. We have proposed ICMI members for the
\nposts because Pak Habibie knows them well and is used to working
\nwith them,\" he said.<\/p>\n
ICMI was set up as a social organization in Malang, East Java,
\nin December 1990. President Soeharto is the Association's patron.<\/p>\n
Achmad also dismissed allegations that ICMI was a political
\norganization that people used as a stepping stone to obtain
\npolitical positions in the bureaucracy.<\/p>\n
\"It's not true. Pak Habibie was elected by the people not by
\nICMI. He was elected also after the President agreed with his
\nnomination,\" he said.<\/p>\n
He said that ICMI's mission had been to improve the quality of
\nthe country's human resources ever since its establishment.<\/p>\n
\"It's natural if a lot of qualified ICMI cadres are then given
\noffice, isn't it?\" he asked. (imn)<\/p>",
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