Golkar dominates N. Sulawesi House

Golkar dominates N. Sulawesi House

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Golkar has won two of four seats for
speakers of the provincial legislature here, Antara reported on
Monday.

The results of a reportedly democratic plenary meeting led
Golkar cadres H.J. Sondakh, Golkar's provincial chairman to
become speaker, with 17 out of 45 votes, and another Golkar
member, H. Sun Biki, to become a deputy speaker. Biki gained
three votes.

Other elected deputy speakers were Freddy H. Sualang,
provincial chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle who got 12 votes, and Col. S.Y. Pantouw of the military
faction who won seven votes.

Golkar won four of seven House seats in North Sulawesi in the
June general election.