Megawati to open GMNI Congress

Megawati to open GMNI Congress

SEMARANG, Central Java: Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri
is slated to open the second congress of the National
Communications Alumni Forum of the Indonesian Nationalist
Students Movement (GMNI) here, which will be held from June 1 to
June 3.

Congress event coordinator Turtiantoro told journalists on
Thursday that the congress would also be attended by noted
speakers, such as Muslim scholar Nurcholish Madjid, political
observer Cornelis Lay and Muhaimin Iskandar, the secretary-
general of National Awakening Party (PKB).

"Economic scholars are also invited to give lectures, such as
Rizal Ramli, Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Faisal Basri," Turtiantoro
said.

"We (GMNI Alumni) wish to discuss and come up with solutions
to the country's problems from nationhood to economic recovery,"
he said, adding that former leader and patron of the group
Siswono Yudohusodo would host the event. (har/edt)