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        "msgid": "wiranto-rues-lengthy-convention-1447893297",
        "date": "2003-10-11 00:00:00",
        "title": "Wiranto rues lengthy convention",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Wiranto rues lengthy convention JAKARTA: Former Indonesian Military chief Gen. (ret) Wiranto criticized on Friday a plan to extend Golkar Party's national convention to select its presidential candidate, saying it would tarnish its image. Wiranto, one of Golkar's presidential hopefuls, said the plan would not materialize. \"I trust the (convention) committee and morality of Golkar Party. They will not take a decision that may tarnish their own image,\" he told a media briefing here on Friday.",
        "content": "<p>Wiranto rues lengthy convention<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: Former Indonesian Military chief Gen. (ret) Wiranto<br>\ncriticized on Friday a plan to extend Golkar Party's national<br>\nconvention to select its presidential candidate, saying it would<br>\ntarnish its image.<\/p>\n<p>Wiranto, one of Golkar's presidential hopefuls, said the plan<br>\nwould not materialize.<\/p>\n<p>\"I trust the (convention) committee and morality of Golkar<br>\nParty. They will not take a decision that may tarnish their own<br>\nimage,\" he told a media briefing here on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Golkar leaders are considering an extension of the convention<br>\nduring the party's leadership meeting scheduled for Oct. 17<br>\nthrough 19.<\/p>\n<p>Based on the original schedule, Golkar would have announced<br>\nits sole candidate in February next year. However, there have<br>\nbeen demands from regional chapters to delay the announcement<br>\nuntil the results of the legislative election are disclosed.<\/p>\n<p>Critics have said the maneuver was simply aimed at allowing<br>\nparty chairman Akbar Tandjung to buy time, due to his legal<br>\ndifficulties. Akbar awaits the Supreme Court's verdict on his<br>\nappeal following his conviction in a graft case by lower courts.<br>\n-- JP<\/p>",
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