PT Semen Padang reshuffle opposed<\/p>\n
Kasparman, The Jakarta Post, Padang<\/p>\n
The people of West Sumatra have reacted strongly to an
\ninstruction by State Minister of State Enterprise Laksamana
\nSukardi directing PT Semen Gresik to replace the boards of
\ndirectors of PT Semen Padang and PT Semen Tonasa.<\/p>\n
Members of a local social organization named West Sumatra
\nForum to Defend PT Semen Padang met at the provincial legislative
\ncouncil building on Friday to discuss the minister's letter of
\ninstruction to PT Semen Gresik instructing it to replace Semen
\nPadang's board of directors.<\/p>\n
The meeting, which lasted about two hours, was attended by the
\nforum's secretary, Hasril Chaniago, North Sumatra's Muhammadiyah
\nchairman Sofwan Karim Elha, PT Semen Padang's lawyer Tasman and
\nall chairmen of factions and commissions of the legislative
\ncouncil.<\/p>\n
Led by the council's deputy speaker, Titi Nazif Lubuk, the
\nmeeting participants agreed to pressure Laksamana to withdraw the
\ninstruction, which he issued on March 28.<\/p>\n
Titi said the council would send a letter to the state
\nminister to ask him to withdraw the instruction. Copies of the
\nletter will also be sent to President Megawati and Vice President
\nHamzah Haz.<\/p>\n
According to Titi, during the meeting the possibility of
\nasking West Sumatra Governor Zainal Bakar to urge the minister to
\nclarify his instruction was also discussed.<\/p>\n
\"It is because the governor is the holder of a mandate given
\nby the West Sumatra people last November to take over Semen
\nPadang,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Following PT Semen Gresik's decision to sell 25 percent of its
\nshares to Mexican cement producer Cemex SA last year, the certain
\nmembers of the West Sumatra public urged the government to spin
\noff Semen Padang from Semen Gresik as they opposed the entrance
\nof the foreign company.<\/p>\n
Semen Gresik owns 100 percent of the shares of PT Semen Padang
\nand PT Semen Tonasa in Tonasa, South Sulawesi, where local people
\nalso opposed the divestment plan.<\/p>\n
Titi warned that if Laksamana did not change his instruction
\nthen the legislative council would install a different board of
\ndirectors.<\/p>\n
\"If Laksamana installs his own management, we will also
\ninstall ours,\" she said.<\/p>",
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