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        "id": 1495407,
        "msgid": "new-council-reps-eye-chairmanship-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-08-27 00:00:00",
        "title": "New council reps eye chairmanship",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "New council reps eye chairmanship Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta Only a day after being sworn into office, new councillors are vying for the City Council chairmanship. Two names -- Ahmad Heryawan of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and Abdul Muthalib Shihab of the Democratic Party are considered the strongest contenders. PKS and the Democratic Party are the two factions with the most seats on the council with 18 and 16 seats respectively.",
        "content": "<p>New council reps eye chairmanship<\/p>\n<p>Damar Harsanto, The Jakarta Post\/Jakarta<\/p>\n<p>Only a day after being sworn into office, new councillors are <br>\nvying for the City Council chairmanship. Two names -- Ahmad <br>\nHeryawan of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and Abdul Muthalib <br>\nShihab of the Democratic Party are considered the strongest <br>\ncontenders.<\/p>\n<p>PKS and the Democratic Party are the two factions with the <br>\nmost seats on the council with 18 and 16 seats respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\"The Democratic Party faction will fight the PKS for the <br>\ncouncil chairmanship,\" councillor Ahmad Alaydrus told reporters <br>\nat City Council on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ahmad said if a councillor from his party were council <br>\nchairman, it would be easier to make improvements within the <br>\ncouncil.<\/p>\n<p>Decree No. 162\/2004 issued by the home minister on guidelines <br>\nto set up the internal regulations for City Council stipulates <br>\nthat the council chairman should be elected from four major <br>\npolitical parties in the council.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle and <br>\nGolkar Party factions have a chance since they have 11 and seven <br>\nseats respectively.<\/p>\n<p>But some smaller factions also want to enter the race.<\/p>\n<p>\"Law No. 22\/2003 on the organizational structure of House of <br>\nRepresentatives and City Council stipulates that the council <br>\nchairman must be elected from and by the councillors. So, all <br>\nfactions can propose their own candidates,\" said councillor <br>\nDaniel Abdullah Sani of the National Mandate Party faction, which <br>\nhas six seats in the council.<\/p>\n<p>Mohamad Mansur Syahroni of the National Awakening Party <br>\nfaction agreed, saying the election of the council chairman must <br>\nbe in accordance with the law. \"Due to the absence of a specific <br>\ngovernment regulation on the issue, it would be better if we take <br>\nthe existing law as our reference.\"<\/p>",
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