Council speaker told to resign

Council speaker told to resign

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: Some 400 members of the Indonesian
Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) in Banyumas regency
staged a protest on Tuesday demanding that the local legislative
council speaker, Tri Waluyo Basuki, resign from the post.

The protesters accused Tri Waluyo, who is also a party member,
of having committed crimes, such as kidnapping the party's branch
leader and threatening journalists. He has been named a suspect
in a torture case related to a dispute over 1,000 square meters
of land here.

"We urged the branch executive board of the central executive
board of PDI Perjuangan to boot Tri Waluyo Basuki out of the
party," the protesters said in a statement.

The rally followed a meeting which was also attended by the
party's central board of executives member Imam Mundiyat and
provincial branch chief Hadi Wasikun.(45/dja)