NGOs start education campaign<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Nine non-governmental organizations belonging to the
\nPlural Community Group (KUMPUL), and hailing from Jakarta,
\nYogyakarta and Bogor, have joined forces to organize a one-month
\neducation campaign from April 21 through May 20.<\/p>\n
The campaign is intended to raise awareness among the people
\nthat a lot of marginalized people like women, street children,
\npeople from the lower income bracket, tribal communities
\nthroughout the archipelago, and the disabled are all entitled to
\nbe respected as human beings.<\/p>\n
The campaign has taken Meeting marginalized people's rights to
\neducation as its theme.<\/p>\n
KUMPUL urged the government to prudently develop alternative
\neducation mechanisms for such people, and to eradicate widespread
\ncorruption and nepotism in the national education system.<\/p>\n
Minister takes over Lampung govt<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Home minister Hari Sabarno has temporarily taken
\ncontrol of public administration in Lampung province following
\nthe arrest of governor-elect Alzier Dianis Thabranie on criminal
\ncharges.<\/p>\n
The ministry's director general for regional autonomy,
\nOentarto Sindung Mawardi, made a statement to that effect here on
\nTuesday while explaining the government's stance over Thabranie's
\narrest.<\/p>\n
According to Oentarto, the appointment of the minister to
\ntemporarily take charge of the Lampung administration was
\ncontained in a presidential decree.<\/p>\n
He disclosed that the minister in turn had assigned the
\nministry's head of research and development, Tuswandi, as acting
\ngovernor to deal with the day-to-day running of the province.<\/p>\n
The director general pointed out that Sabarno also expected
\nthe acting governor, in cooperation with Lampung's provincial
\nlegislative assembly, to furnish the public with accurate
\ninformation regarding the Alzier affair.<\/p>\n
The minister, Oentarto said, had also asked the provincial
\nlegislative assembly to evaluate the mechanisms for gubernatorial
\nelections and to improve them so that a candidate facing
\nprosecution would not be elected in the future.<\/p>\n
"This issue will be referred back to the provincial
\nlegislative assembly so that its members can ensure the election
\nof a governor who is free of legal problems," he said.
\nAccording to Oentarto, his ministry had actually warned the
\nprovincial legislative assembly that Alzier was facing legal
\nproblems, but the legislators had decided to ignore the warning.<\/p>\n
"When the issue had become a legal case, the provincial
\nlegislators referred it to the Ministry of Home Affairs. The
\nministry, however, can do nothing to interfere with the legal
\nprocess," Oentarto pointed out.<\/p>\n
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RI to host meeting on children<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Indonesia will host the sixth East Asia and Pacific
\nMinisterial Consultation on Children in Nusa Dua on the resort
\nisland of Bali from May 5 through May 7.<\/p>\n
The ministerial consultation is being jointly organized by the
\nIndonesian government and UNICEF.<\/p>\n
Some interesting events will be organized in conjunction with
\nthe ministerial consultation, including a children's delegation
\nforum, where children will talk about issues of concern to
\nchildren themselves; child journalists, where four child
\njournalists will cover the conference, including conducting
\ninterviews with important figures attending the consultation
\nmeeting, and the UNICEF Child Awards.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will send five children to the event.<\/p>\n
UNICEF is also facilitating the participation of four child
\njournalists from Kupang (East Nusa Tenggara), Makassar (South
\nSulawesi), Yogyakarta and Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The consultation meeting will also present awards to children
\nwho have contributed to improving the quality of life of children
\nin Indonesia. JP<\/p>\n
Legal pact required to maintain coalitions<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno on Tuesday
\ndefended his proposal requiring any political parties entering
\ninto coalitions to enter into legally binding agreements.<\/p>\n
Hari said a legal agreement would help the political parties
\nin a coalition to maintain unity during the president's five-year
\nterm.<\/p>\n
Speaking during a meeting with legislators, the minister added
\nthat strong ties between the parties in a coalition would
\nminimize the chances of desertion.<\/p>\n
Several factions questioned the new requirement. Rodjil
\nGhufron of the National Awakening Party (PKB) said that a
\ncoalition should merely be based on agreement.<\/p>\n
The minister added that coalitions of parties were designed to
\nhelp the parties win the presidential elections. - Antara<\/p>\n
5,000 workers for M'sia per month<\/p>\n
BENGKULU: The Malaysian consulate general in Medan, the
\ncapital of North Sumatra province, has approved the sending of
\n5,000 Indonesians per month to work in Malaysia as plantation
\nworkers, medical staff and domestic helpers.<\/p>\n
"Malaysia needs hundreds of thousands of workers in many
\nfields following the forceful repatriation of illegal workers to
\ntheir home countries last year," Consul General Muhammad Yusof
\nbin Abu Bakar said here on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Before being sent to Malaysia, he said, the workers would be
\ninformed of their rights and obligations, and how to seek police
\nassistance in an emergency.<\/p>\n
He expressed the hope that Indonesians wishing to work in
\nMalaysia would follow the legal procedures when seeking
\nemployment in the neighboring country.<\/p>",
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