Mega seeks input on foreign envoys

Mega seeks input on foreign envoys

JAKARTA: President Megawati Soekarnoputri has sent two letters
to the House of Representatives (DPR) asking legislators to
advise her on the appointment of foreign ambassadors for their
missions in Jakarta.

In two letters, copies of which were obtained by The Jakarta
Post on Monday, Megawati asked the House to give its
recommendations as soon as possible.

Foreign ambassadorial candidates for Indonesia include Godfrey
S. Simasiku of Zambia, Markku Hugo Tapani Niinioja of Finland,
Ghazi bin Said bin Abdullah Al-Bahar Al-Rawas of Oman, and Hugh
Swift of Ireland.

Article 13 of the amended 1945 Constitution stipulates that
the President shall accept the appointment of foreign diplomats
after taking into consideration inputs given by legislators.

Megawati welcomed in the letters the assignment of those
ambassadors in an effort to maintain good ties with those
countries.