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        "msgid": "w-java-councillors-drop-bid-for-cars-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-09-21 00:00:00",
        "title": "W. Java councillors drop bid for cars",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "W. Java councillors drop bid for cars Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung Controversy over the proposed new cars for the West Java Legislative Council's leaders went on, with council speaker AM Ruslan saying on Tuesday he had called off the proposal. Ruslan said he had submitted a letter to postpone the purchase of the new cars to Governor Danny Setiawan early this month. But Danny said on Tuesday the administration had not received any such letter from the council.",
        "content": "<p>W. Java councillors drop bid for cars<\/p>\n<p>Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung<\/p>\n<p>Controversy over the proposed new cars for the West Java<br>\nLegislative Council's leaders went on, with council speaker AM<br>\nRuslan saying on Tuesday he had called off the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>Ruslan said he had submitted a letter to postpone the purchase<br>\nof the new cars to Governor Danny Setiawan early this month. But<br>\nDanny said on Tuesday the administration had not received any<br>\nsuch letter from the council.<\/p>\n<p>\"(If the proposal is to be postponed) it should be directly<br>\nsubmitted to the budget committee which oversees the amended 2005<br>\nbudget, not to me,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Ruslan claimed the council leaders requested new official cars<br>\nsince their current cars were old while the administration's<br>\nexecutives drove new models. He cited that Deputy Governor Nu'man<br>\nAbdul Hakim has a Camry sedan for an official car while Ruslan<br>\ndrives a 2000 Toyota Crown.<\/p>\n<p>The council speaker reportedly had requested a Toyota Camry<br>\n3.0 while his three deputies asked for Toyota Camry 2.4s. The<br>\nproposal had been included in the amended 2005 West Java<br>\nprovincial budget.<\/p>\n<p>Ruslan denied reports that only the council leaders had<br>\nrequested new cars, saying that all chairmen of the council's<br>\nfive commissions had made a similar proposal.<\/p>\n<p>A source from the council's budget committee cited that Rp 4.4<br>\nbillion had been proposed in the budget to replace official cars<br>\nof the council leaders and commission chairmen.<\/p>\n<p>Ruslan said he decided to withdraw the proposal after<br>\nconsulting the budget committee. The proposal, he said, will be<br>\nresubmitted when the budget allows it.<\/p>\n<p>Council deputy chairman Rudy Harsa Tanaya claimed that he was<br>\nagainst the plan from the start.<\/p>\n<p>\"After looking at the people's economic situation, we should<br>\nnot request for new cars until our term ends in 2009. I'm lucky<br>\nto be able to drive a Mitsubishi Gallant, besides, it's still in<br>\ngood condition,\" Rudy said.<\/p>",
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