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        "msgid": "soerjadi-tells-cadres-to-ignore-biased-media-1447893297",
        "date": "1997-02-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "Soerjadi tells cadres to ignore biased media",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Soerjadi tells cadres to ignore biased media JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Chairman Soerjadi asked his supporters yesterday not to read newspapers which run stories on the party's internal conflict. Soerjadi told reporters in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, that media reports tend to magnify internal party divisions and fail to tell the truth.",
        "content": "<p>Soerjadi tells cadres to ignore biased media<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) Chairman<br>\nSoerjadi asked his supporters yesterday not to read newspapers<br>\nwhich run stories on the party's internal conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Soerjadi told reporters in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, that<br>\nmedia reports tend to magnify internal party divisions and fail<br>\nto tell the truth.<\/p>\n<p>\"Regarding the news concerning our party, we'd rather not read<br>\nit,\" Soerjadi said after a meeting with the province's governor<br>\nHerman Musakabe.<\/p>\n<p>\"The reports do not have any meaning. We will try to explain<br>\n(the real situation) to both our cadres and the public in order<br>\nto keep them uncorrupted by the mass media's influence,\" Soerjadi<br>\nwas quoted by Antara as saying.<\/p>\n<p>Soerjadi, the government-recognized leader of the conflict-<br>\nriddled, nationalist-Christian PDI, was on a preelection<br>\nconsolidation tour to the province. He arrived in Kupang from<br>\nWaingapu, a small town on Sumba island, yesterday. Fatimah<br>\nAchmad, who initiated the breakaway congress that propelled<br>\nSoerjadi back into power last year, was in Soerjadi's entourage.<\/p>\n<p>PDI's East Nusa Tenggara supporters denied Golkar a clean<br>\nsweep in the province, which is predominantly Christian, by<br>\nwinning one seat in the House of Representatives in the 1992<br>\nelection.<\/p>\n<p>Local media reported yesterday that when he arrived in<br>\nWaingapu, Soerjadi received a hostile welcome from supporters of<br>\nhis arch-rival, Megawati Soekarnoputri.<\/p>\n<p>\"There were no more than five people standing in my way, but<br>\nthe media exaggerated it. The media are not fair,\" Soerjadi said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his consolidation visit to Sumba had been a<br>\nsuccess and encountered no hurdles, a stark contrast to what the<br>\npapers had reported.<\/p>\n<p>Soerjadi reiterated that the PDI under his leadership would<br>\nalways seek harmony with the government.<\/p>\n<p>No demonstrations were evident when Soerjadi and his entourage<br>\ntraveled to their hotel from the El Tari airport yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>Soerjadi's return to the PDI helm sparked controversy not only<br>\nbecause of the government support, but also because of its lack<br>\nof legal basis. The extraordinary congress last year was held<br>\nonly three years into Megawati's five-year term as party leader.<br>\n(amd)<\/p>",
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