Colonel OK'd for vice governorship

Colonel OK'd for vice governorship

DILI: Minister of Home Affairs Moch. Yogie S.M. has approved
Col. Johanes Suryo Prabowo to become the next deputy governor of
East Timor, an official said yesterday.

Prabowo is set to replace incumbent deputy governor Brig. Gen.
Johanes Haribowo, whose term of office ends in March.

"The minister has asked governor Abilio Soares to seek the
provincial legislative council's endorsement," provincial
government secretary Radjakrina Brahmana said yesterday.

Brahmana declined to comment whether governor Abilio proposed
any other candidates apart from Prabowo to the home affairs
minister.

Prabowo's road to the vice governorship is likely to be smooth
as council speaker, Armindo Soares Mariano, has explicitly given
his support to the colonel.

I know he (Prabowo) is the best figure who can cooperate with
the governor. We will endorse the candidate," he told reporters.
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