Councillors' foreign trips put on hold

Councillors' foreign trips put on hold

SURABAYA: Travel plans for 37 East Java councillors ready to
tour the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian
Nations (ASEAN) and several European countries have been put on
hold after Minister of Home Affairs Hari Sabarno issued a ruling
that bans overseas trips involving more than 10 councillors.

"I doubt if we can carry out the trip (after the minister
issued the ruling). In the meantime, we also have to finish
discussing 12 provincial rulings by Oct. 14," councillor A.
Sunaryono said.

The legislature's Commission E was planning to divide the
councillors into two groups. The first, consisting of 11
legislators, would visit Malaysia and Singapore, while the second
group, consisting of six lawmakers, would fly to France and the
Netherlands.

Some 20 members of Commission D are also planning to visit
Australia, Japan, Thailand and Singapore. --JP