Mayor's accountability accepted

Mayor's accountability accepted

BOGOR (JP): Local councillors here unanimously accepted on
Thursday the annual progress report delivered by Mayor H.R.
Iswara Natanegara.

Factions in the legislative council, however, made various
recommendations to the mayor for the purpose of improving his
administration during the remainder of his tenure.

The council has 12 factions as the result of the 1999
elections.

The largest faction from the Indonesian Democratic Party of
Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), represented by Taufik Kusnun, focused
its advice on human resources development. It urged the mayoralty
administration to place education at the head of the list of its
development priorities and allocate more resources for the
sector.

Meanwhile, the Justice Party (PK) faction asked the mayor to
be more consistent in undertaking programs that had been
determined beforehand. Consistency, the faction said, should also
be reflected in budget allocations.

The PK also supported the administration's policy of clearing
the streets of traditional three-wheel pedicabs (becak) and
illegal street vendors. It said the crackdown should continue in
order to ease social problems, such as traffic congestion.

In response to the recommendations, Mayor Iswara promised to
take them into account and bring them up at a meeting with his
staff in the coming days.(21)