{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": 1363841,
        "msgid": "minister-takes-over-lampung-govt-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-04-23 00:00:00",
        "title": "Minister takes over Lampung govt",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Minister takes over Lampung govt JAKARTA: Home minister Hari Sabarno has temporarily taken control of public administration in Lampung province following the arrest of governor-elect Alzier Dianis Thabranie on criminal charges. The ministry's director general for regional autonomy, Oentarto Sindung Mawardi, made a statement to that effect here on Tuesday while explaining the government's stance over Thabranie's arrest.",
        "content": "<p>Minister takes over Lampung govt<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Home minister Hari Sabarno has temporarily taken<br>\ncontrol of public administration in Lampung province following<br>\nthe arrest of governor-elect Alzier Dianis Thabranie on criminal<br>\ncharges.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry's director general for regional autonomy,<br>\nOentarto Sindung Mawardi, made a statement to that effect here on<br>\nTuesday while explaining the government's stance over Thabranie's<br>\narrest.<\/p>\n<p>According to Oentarto, the appointment of the minister to<br>\ntemporarily take charge of the Lampung administration was<br>\ncontained in a presidential decree.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that the minister in turn had assigned the<br>\nministry's head of research and development, Tuswandi, as acting<br>\ngovernor to deal with the day-to-day running of the province.<\/p>\n<p>The director general pointed out that Sabarno also expected<br>\nthe acting governor, in cooperation with Lampung's provincial<br>\nlegislative assembly, to furnish the public with accurate<br>\ninformation regarding the Alzier affair.<\/p>\n<p>The minister, Oentarto said, had also asked the provincial<br>\nlegislative assembly to evaluate the mechanisms for gubernatorial<br>\nelections and to improve them so that a candidate facing<br>\nprosecution would not be elected in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\"This issue will be referred back to the provincial<br>\nlegislative assembly so that its members can ensure the election<br>\nof a governor who is free of legal problems,\" he said.<br>\nAccording to Oentarto, his ministry had actually warned the<br>\nprovincial legislative assembly that Alzier was facing legal<br>\nproblems, but the legislators had decided to ignore the warning.<\/p>\n<p>\"When the issue had become a legal case, the provincial<br>\nlegislators referred it to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The<br>\nministry, however, can do nothing to interfere with the legal<br>\nprocess,\" Oentarto pointed out.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/minister-takes-over-lampung-govt-1447893297",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}