Warsito picked as governor candidate<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. placed
\nhis own candidate in prime position to take the governorship of
\nCentral Kalimantan by crossing the most popular indigenous
\ncontestant from the list yesterday.<\/p>\n
Yogie nominated Warsito Rasman, the ministry's director
\ngeneral of public administration and regional autonomy and
\ncurrently acting governor of Central Kalimantan.<\/p>\n
The minister also allowed two more of the five candidates
\nproposed by the Central Kalimantan legislature to remain in
\ncontention. They are E. Gerson and Donis N. Singaraca.<\/p>\n
Scrapped from the list were Asmawi Agani, who had the most
\nsupport from the legislature in the preliminary election, and
\nAbdullah Zainie, a member of the House of Representatives (DPR)
\nfrom the province.<\/p>\n
The provincial legislature will select one of the three
\ngovernment-endorsed nominees in a plenary session on June 22.<\/p>\n
Yogie's insistence on placing Warsito on the candidacy list
\nhas from the beginning drawn storms of protest from a Central
\nKalimantan public who want an indigenous figure as their
\ngovernor.<\/p>\n
Local community leaders, who protested against Yogie's policy
\nat the House last week, have threatened to disrupt the election
\nof a non-indigenous governor.<\/p>\n
Warsito, who hails from Java, also secured support from the
\ncentral executive board of the powerful government-backed Golkar
\npolitical machine.<\/p>\n
\"I take the names (of the candidates) from the local
\nlegislature not from customary organizations or something,\" he
\nsaid, repeating his standard argument.<\/p>\n
When swearing in Warsito as acting governor in January, Yogie
\npromised the Central Kalimantan public that the director general
\nwould not run in the election.<\/p>\n
Yesterday, he promised that the central government would
\nalways try to \"give the best for the people.\"<\/p>\n
Yogie has appointed Soedardjat Nataatmadja, the ministry's
\nsecretary general, to supervise the forthcoming election.<\/p>\n
Soedardjat has been assigned to supervise the process of the
\nselection of the gubernatorial candidates.<\/p>\n
\"His task will be to see if the upcoming vote proceeds legally
\nand orderly,\" spokesman for the ministry of home affairs HSA
\nYusacc said as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
Under normal circumstances, the task is assigned to the
\ndirector general of public administration and regional autonomy.<\/p>\n
Recently, Soedardjat promised that the election would proceed
\nsmoothly and legally because all the candidates had been elected
\nby the legislature.(pan)<\/p>",
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