Swimming body remains uncertain about new board<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The line-up of the Indonesian Swimming
\nFederation's leadership board remains uncertain after the first
\nmeeting of its electoral body yesterday.<\/p>\n
The federation's single elector Ginandjar Kartasasmita and his
\nadvisors Mangombar Ferdinand Siregar and Wardoyo met yesterday,
\nbut no decision on the new federation's cabinet was made.<\/p>\n
Siregar, himself a former chairman of the federation, said
\nthat Ginandjar would stay off the leadership board.<\/p>\n
\"I don't think that Ginandjar will be on the board, given his
\ntight schedule as State Minister of National Development
\nPlanning\/Chairman of the National Development Planning Board,\"
\nSiregar told The Jakarta Post after the meeting yesterday.<\/p>\n
Ginandjar was the chairman of the federation from 1987 to
\n1991.<\/p>\n
\"Whoever becomes the federation's chairperson must have the
\ntime to seriously take care of the federation,\" Siregar added.<\/p>\n
But Wardoyo, the federation's outgoing technical director,
\ntold the Post yesterday that Ginandjar has found suitable people
\nfor the federation's new line-up, including a new chairperson. He
\nsaid he would disclose names only after receiving approval from
\nthe nominated persons.<\/p>\n
\"Mr. Ginandjar will reveal the new chairperson's name in a
\nget-together dinner for breaking the fast scheduled for Friday
\nnext week at the federation's head office,\" Wardoyo said.<\/p>\n
It is understandable that Siregar should underline the
\nimportance of \"really having time for the federation.\"<\/p>\n
One week before the association's congress began on Jan. 16,
\nthe outgoing chairman, State Minister of Investment\/ Chairman of
\nInvestment Planning Board Sanyoto Sastrowardoyo, indicated in an
\ninformal meeting with the federation's top officials that he
\nmight no longer be the right person for the chair.<\/p>\n
\"Mr. Sanyoto told the meeting he was aware that he was not
\nvery effective as chairman because his mounting activities made
\nit very difficult for him to find time for the federation,\"
\nDedeng Kurnia, head of the federation's secretariat, told The
\nPost yesterday.<\/p>\n
Some officials suggested Sanyoto could remain chairman by
\nappointing an executive director to supervise the federation on a
\ndaily basis, Dedeng said, but Sanyoto said it was up to the
\ncongress.<\/p>\n
During the congress, however, Sanyoto's name was never
\nmentioned.<\/p>\n
With Sanyoto out of the nomination list, the congress, held
\nfrom Jan 16 to 17, saw two strong candidates, Ginandjar and
\nPresident Soeharto's daughter Siti Hediyanti Prabowo, to take the
\nfederation's helm for the next four-year term.<\/p>\n
With some of the federation's provincial chapters throwing
\ntheir weight behind Mrs. Prabowo while some others wanting
\nGinandjar, the congress ended inconclusively.<\/p>\n
Mrs. Prabowo, the wife of Brig. Gen. Prabowo Subianto, the
\nChief of the Army's Special Forces, will be a newcomer in the
\nfederation if elected. Unlike Ginandjar, she has never held any
\nposition in the federation before. Moreover, it is not clear
\nwhether she is willing to take the federation's top job. (arf)<\/p>",
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