Mega considers having spokesperson

Mega considers having spokesperson

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri is considering
appointing a spokesperson in response to criticism over
conflicting statements that have come out of her Cabinet.

State Minister for Communications and Information Syamsul
Mu'arif said the issue had been discussed twice at Cabinet
meetings.

"The President is considering the matter," Syamsul said during
a hearing with House of Representatives Commission I for
information and state secretariat affairs on Monday.

During a Sept. 11 hearing with the commission, legislators
suggested the President appoint an official spokesperson to avoid
conflicting statements from her ministers.

Syamsul said for the time being the President would assign a
coordinating minister and related ministers to brief the press
following every Cabinet meeting. --JP