Bun Yamin nominated for autonomy board

Bun Yamin nominated for autonomy board

JAKARTA (JP): City Council on Friday elected Bun Yamin Ramto
as the city's candidate for the membership at the Regional
Autonomy Advisory Board, whose members will be elected in the
upcoming National Consultative Forum next week.

Bun Yamin, a former deputy governor on economics and
development from 1984 to 1988, is currently an expert staffer at
the Institute for Strategic Studies of Indonesia (LPSI) and a
lecturer at the National Resilience Institute. He is also a
professor for government affairs at Padjadjaran University's
School of Social and Political Sciences in Bandung.

Bun Yamin will compete with 25 other provincial candidates to
win two chairs on the advisory board.

The Regional Autonomy Advisory Board will be presided over by
the Minister of Home Affairs, while Finance Minister and State
Minister for Regional Autonomy will act as deputies to the
chairman. Defense Minister, State Minister for State
Administrative Reform and State Secretary will become board
members, along with members of the Association of Regional
Governments and regional representatives. All members will serve
on the advisory board for a two-year period.

The regional representatives will include two provincial
members, two representatives from regencies and two
representatives from mayoralties.

Advisory board members will report directly to the President
and give considerations to the President on regional issues and
assessing the readiness of the provinces to implement their
authorized duties for the upcoming regional autonomy. (06)