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