AGO to propose deputy candidates

AGO to propose deputy candidates

JAKARTA: Attorney General M.A. Rachman will propose to
President Megawati Soekarnoputri three candidates for the post
left vacant by Vice Attorney General Soeparman, who is retiring.

Rachman refused on Monday to disclose any name, but said all
the three candidates were senior prosecutors whose experience
included a tenure as Deputy Attorney General.

The President has the prerogative to appoint the attorney
general and their deputy.

Rachman officially sent off Soeparman on Monday in a ceremony
at the Attorney General's Office in South Jakarta. Soeparman was
named acting attorney general in place of ailing Baharuddin Lopa,
who died last July.

Former Deputy Attorney General for Special Crimes Ramelan, who
is now Rachman's adviser, and the current Deputy Attorney General
for Intelligence Affairs, Basrief Arief, have been touted as
strong candidates to replace Soeparman. -- JP