Bambang reelected YLBHI chief

JAKARTA (JP): In a close split decision, the board of trustees of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) elected yesterday evening Bambang Widjojanto for a second term as the foundation's executive board chairman.

Bambang won by a slim majority of six votes to five over his rival Achmad Fauzan.

The board of trustees is comprised of 16 people, but only 11 attended yesterday's meeting.

Born in Jakarta 38 years ago, Bambang began his carrier as a lawyer at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute in 1984.

Before he was elected as the foundation chairman in March last year, Bambang was the Jayapura Legal Aid Institute chairman.

The board nominated Bambang and secretary Achmad Fauzan to chair the YLBHI executive board after five other candidates rejected their nomination.

The other five candidates were director of the Legal Aid Institute-Indonesian Women's Association for Justice, Nursjahbani Katjasungkana; former director of the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute, Luhut M.P. Pangaribuan; YLBHI board of trustees member, Toety Heraty Noerhadi; former director of the Surabaya Legal Aid Institute, Muchammad Zaidun; and director of the Bandung Legal Aid Institute, Haneda Sri Lastoto.

The 1996/1997 period of the YLBHI executive board ends Sept. 30, after being extended for almost two months. The period should have ended Aug. 5. (05)