Council approves Harun's candidacy

JAKARTA (JP): City Council has approved the municipality's proposal to nominate its secretary, Harun Al Rasyid, for the position of deputy governor of economic and financial affairs.

The council's deputy speaker, Sugeng Suprijatna, said in a plenary session yesterday that Harun, the only proposed candidate, received strong support from the four factions.

"The council's support for Harun to be appointed deputy governor of economic and financial affairs will be passed on to the Governor Surjadi Soedirdja," he said. "The governor will then propose it to the President through the minister of home affairs."

If Harun is installed, the current deputy governor of economic and financial affairs, Tb.M. Rais, will become deputy governor of development affairs, Sugeng said.

The idea to have four, instead of the current three, deputy governors has already been approved by the central government. (ste)