Council prepares for election

Fri, 07 Oct 1994, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: The provincial legislative
assembly has received 10 nominations from the public for South
Kalimantan's next governor.

Assembly speaker Ismail Abdullah said a total of 65 local
organizations have submitted their proposals since the assembly
opened the nominations late last month.

"We've had a total of 10 names to replace Muhamad Said as
governor for the 1995-2000 period," Ismail was quoted by the
Antara news agency.

Said's term is scheduled to end in February, 1995.

Leading the nominations is Syachril Darham, head of the South
Kalimantan development board. Other candidates proposed include
current Deputy Governor Gusti Hasan Aman and Brig. Gen. (ret.)
Soenarso, the chairman of the provincial chapter of Golkar. (emb)

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