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
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Retired officers sue Da'i, Megaawati
JAKARTA (JP): A group of retired senior police officers have filed lawsuits with the State Administrative Court against President Megawati Soekarnoputri and National Police chief Gen. Da'i Bachtiar over what they say was their forced early retirement.
The lawsuits were filed in response to a decree from Da'i proposing their retirement, and a presidential decree accepting the proposal.
Included among the officers filing lawsuits against either Da'i, Megawati or both, are former Jakarta Police chief Comr. Gen. Noegroho Djajoesman, former Jambi Police chief Brig. Gen. Toto Soenarjo Soewali and a number of senior commissioners and adjutant senior commissioners.
The lawyer for the officers, Adnan Buyung Nasution, said his clients decided on the lawsuits on May 30, after the Supreme Court suggested in a decree that the officers take legal action to resolve the dispute.
Da'i issued a decree last December proposing the officers' retirement. At the time of this decree, the old law on the police was still in effect, and according to this law the retirement age for officers was 55.
But the President issued a decree accepting Dai's proposal in May, after a new law had been endorsed by the House of Representatives. --JP
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Cholil to be sworn in June 5
JAKARTA: People's Consultative Assembly Speaker Amien Rais said on Monday the Assembly would swear in Muslim cleric Cholil Bisri on June 5 as one of seven deputy speakers, replacing Matori Abdul Djalil.
The swearing in of Cholil, who was nominated by Alwi Shihab's camp of the National Awakening Party (PKB), is expected to end a battle of words with the rival PKB camp headed by Matori.
"We have decided to inaugurate Pak Cholil on June 5," Amien said.
Amien had said earlier that the inauguration would be delayed until June 20 because of the hectic schedules of Assembly leaders.
However, the decision to move the date forward to June 5 was made following pressure from a number of Assembly factions, including the PKB, Golkar and the United Development Party (PPP).
Matori had nominated Syarif Usman Yahya for the deputy speaker post, but the Assembly threw its support behind Cholil. --JP