20 councillors yet to return cars

20 councillors yet to return cars

TANGERANG: As many as 20 former Tangerang municipal councillors
who were not reelected in the April 5 election have not returned
their official cars.

"Only 15 councillors have returned their cars to the
administration. The rest have promised to return them by the end
of September," Aan Iqbal of the municipal administration said on
Tuesday.

Forty-five new councillors, of which 11 had served in the
previous tenure, were sworn in on Aug. 31. According to a
Minister of Home Affairs' decree on council property, former
council members are given 30 days to return the cars.

Tangerang Mayor Wahidin Halim said after the deadline the cars
would be taken by force by public order officers. -- JP