Council speaker to be picked on April 10

Council speaker to be picked on April 10

JAKARTA: City Council deputy speaker Chudlari Shafi'i said on
Tuesday that a plenary session to elect a new speaker would be
held on April 10 to replace Edy Waluyo, who resigned in August
2002 to run for the governorship.

"On the same day, before the election, we will first take a
vote on whether the council will replace deputy speaker Tarmidi
Suhardjo with another representative from the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) faction," Chudlari
said.

A vote would resolve the crisis within the PDI Perjuangan
faction following the party's suggestion to the council that
Agung Imam Sumanto be named as its candidate for the speakership
given that Tarmidi had been dismissed as the party's regional
chairman. --JP