Five candidates for Aceh governor
Five candidates for Aceh governor
BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The speaker of the Aceh provincial
legislature, Teuku Djohan, said yesterday that the province would
present five candidates to the Ministry of Home Affairs on April
13 for the next governor.
"The five names were filtered out of hundreds from all
sections of society," Djohan said, as quoted by Antara.
The five candidates are incumbent governor Syamsuddin Mahmud;
Abdullah Puteh, the secretary-general of Golkar-affiliated
organization MKGR; Iskandar Hoesin, the head of the provincial
transmigration office; Ministry of Home Affairs expert staffer
Asnawi Hasjmy and Dayan Dawood, the rector of a local university.
According to Djohan, Syamsuddin is the only candidate that has
received the open backing of all four factions in the provincial
legislature.
BANDA ACEH, Aceh: The speaker of the Aceh provincial
legislature, Teuku Djohan, said yesterday that the province would
present five candidates to the Ministry of Home Affairs on April
13 for the next governor.
"The five names were filtered out of hundreds from all
sections of society," Djohan said, as quoted by Antara.
The five candidates are incumbent governor Syamsuddin Mahmud;
Abdullah Puteh, the secretary-general of Golkar-affiliated
organization MKGR; Iskandar Hoesin, the head of the provincial
transmigration office; Ministry of Home Affairs expert staffer
Asnawi Hasjmy and Dayan Dawood, the rector of a local university.
According to Djohan, Syamsuddin is the only candidate that has
received the open backing of all four factions in the provincial
legislature.