Legislative posts for women

Legislative posts for women

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A local community leader called on the
ruling Golkar to give local women positions in the House of
Representatives and the People's Consultative Assembly, Antara
reported yesterday.

Theys H. Eluay said no women from the province have been
posted at either institutions in the past 25 years. "This is our
homework assignment for Golkar," he said. "It should struggle to
place women from Irian Jaya in those legislative bodies after the
1997 general election."

There are currently four women in the Provincial Legislative
Council, but Theys said that's not enough. "Irian Jaya must be
given more opportunity to improve itself through its women," he
said.

The only woman from Irian Jaya to ever sit in the House of
Representatives was Dorkas Hanasby, who was appointed after the
1972 general election, Theys said. (01)