Golkar to celebrate 39th anniversary

Golkar to celebrate 39th anniversary

JAKARTA: About 25,000 Golkar Party supporters are expected to
attend the party's 39th anniversary celebration in Denpasar,
Bali, on Oct. 25.

Party chairman Akbar Tandjung said on Thursday the celebration
would be aimed at boosting unity among supporters ahead of the
2004 elections.

Akbar, who is bidding for the presidency despite a graft
conviction, will deliver a political speech at the event.

As part of Golkar's anniversary celebration, the party's
leaders will also lay wreaths at the Kalibata Heroes Cemetery in
Jakarta on Oct. 20, which coincides with party's anniversary.

According to Akbar, the party always organizes anniversary
celebrations in places outside of Jakarta. In the past three
years, anniversary celebrations have taken place in West, Central
and East Java. -- JP