ICMI meets PAN's Amien Rais

ICMI meets PAN's Amien Rais

JAKARTA: The Indonesian Muslim Intellectuals Association (ICMI) said during a meeting with the leader and presidential candidate of the National Mandate Party (PAN), Amien Rais, on Tuesday that the country's future president should be able to run an effective government underpinned by professional ministers.

The association's chairman, Muslimin Nasution, said after the meeting that such a government could result from a Cabinet consisting of professionals possessed of high levels of integrity.

He said that the suggestion was part of ICMI's contribution to the ongoing political development process that had led to the July 5 presidential election.

ICMI has held talks with Golkar Party candidate Wiranto and plans to meet the Democratic Party's Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and the leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI- P), Megawati Soekarnoputri. -- Antara