Bambang reelected YLBHI chief

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)