Muhayat named city's new spokesman<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): City Governor Sutiyoso installed Muhayat as the
\nnew spokesman for the city administration on Friday, replacing
\nKamaludin Santos.<\/p>\n
\"In an era of press freedom, the city spokesman should
\nsupervise press activities in the city, including the reporters
\nassigned to City Hall,\" Sutiyoso said in a ceremony to inaugurate
\nMuhayat.<\/p>\n
He told Muhayat to tell city hall correspondents to always
\nobserve city stories objectively, rationally and proportionally.<\/p>\n
\"City hall correspondents should avoid subjective stories,
\nbased on their opinion,\" said Sutiyoso.<\/p>\n
Muhayat was a former official at the city's office of the
\nInformation Ministry, while Kamaludin, an army colonel, will
\nreturn back to Army headquarters.<\/p>\n
Sutiyoso expressed his disappointment over recent press
\nreports saying that he was behind the idea of introducing a state
\nof civil emergency.<\/p>\n
\"I never said that, but you (journalists) wrote that I
\nengineered the idea of applying a state of civil emergency in
\nJakarta,\" he said after the ceremony.<\/p>\n
The idea of a state of civil emergency was introduced
\nimmediately after dozens of ulemas (Muslim clerics) and Betawi
\n(native Jakartan) leaders met with Sutiyoso on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The group demanded that Sutiyoso declare a state of emergency
\nif the situation could not be controlled, amid fear of rallies by
\nsupporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan).<\/p>\n
Beside Muhayat, Sutiyoso also installed eight new city
\nofficials on Friday, including Hari Sandjoyo as president of the
\ncity-owned contractor PD Pembangunan Sarana Jaya and Dameria
\nSaragih as chief of the city's economic supervisory.<\/p>\n
Muchtar Achmad was installed as chief of the city's treasury
\noffice, M. Natsir as chief of the city's financial department and
\nSetiawan Kanani as chief of the city's organization department.<\/p>\n
Sumaryono was installed as chairman of the city-owned
\nfoundation Yayasan Pulomas, Surya Darma Basri as chief of the
\noffice of National Monument (Monas) park and Sukma Nelly as chief
\nof the city's legal department. (jun)<\/p>",
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