Soeharto Award deadline extended for the public<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The University of Indonesia Students' executive
\nbody has extended its poll on recipients for a Soeharto Award
\nuntil Monday evening to enable more people to participate, a
\nmember of the committee said on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The extension of the poll, which was launched on May 22 and
\nscheduled to end on May 26, was made in response to a rising
\nnumber of people wanting to take part, Ari Wibowo said.<\/p>\n
\"We will give more time to the public to air their voices, as
\nmore people are likely to participate ,\" he told The Jakarta Post
\nover the phone.<\/p>\n
As of Wednesday, 1,200 people have given their votes to the
\npoll organizer, Haccicomm, he said.<\/p>\n
The poll was launched to decide which individuals, groups or
\ninstitutions deserved the Soeharto Award for being antireformists
\nand defenders of the New Order.<\/p>\n
Ari said that based on tentative results, the names of
\nprospective award winners were Attorney General Andi M. Ghalib,
\nPresident B.J. Habibie and Minister of Defense and
\nSecurity\/Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen. Wiranto.<\/p>\n
Ari said the results of the poll were expected to be announced
\non Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\"We are still discussing where the winners will be announced,\"
\nhe said, adding that the committee would deliver the awards
\ndirectly to the addresses of the respective award receivers.<\/p>\n
The award receivers could, possibly, be three people or
\ninstitutions, who gain the most votes, Ari said.<\/p>\n
Without elaborating, he said the awards would be plastic
\ngoblets with Soeharto's head sculptured on the top.<\/p>\n
The award is named after the former president, who resigned on
\nMay 21 last year after mass protest and bloody riots.<\/p>\n
The former president was believed to have practiced
\ncorruption, collusion and nepotism during his 32-year reign.<\/p>\n
The criteria for those deserving the award includes, among
\nothers: people or institutions which have impeded the reform
\nmovement and have agreed on the allotment of 38 nonelected seats
\nin the House of Representatives to the military.<\/p>\n
Interested voters can phone 0809178195 or 08092130999, or they
\ncan fill in a form at the committee secretariat in Salemba,
\nCentral Jakarta. In the poll, they are asked who deserves the
\naward and why. (01)<\/p>",
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