Hamzah undecided about PPP congress

Hamzah undecided about PPP congress

JAKARTA: United Development Party (PPP) chairman Hamzah Haz
said on Friday that his party had yet to determine the exact date
on which its national congress would be held, saying the issue
would be discussed during a leadership meeting in June.

He underlined that he had yet to receive requests from the
party's branches to bring forward the congress to 2003, implying
that there was still a possibility that the party congress would
be held in 2004 as previously scheduled.

"None of the party branches have officially asked for the
congress to be brought forward," Hamzah said after Friday
prayers.

He added that the party leaders were saving their energies for
the June leadership meeting.

The party has showed signs of panicking after a splinter group
established a new party headed by noted Muslim preacher Zainuddin
MZ. Several central executive board members have asked for the
congress to be brought forward to maintain party unity. -- JP