Mischievous hack tricks Ginandjar

Mischievous hack tricks Ginandjar

JAKARTA (JP): Because much of the proceedings of the General
Session and the remarks of Assembly members are predictable,
journalists are inventing ways to liven up situations in order to
prompt interesting quotes.

Antara reported that Golkar faction chief Ginandjar
Kartasasmita was apparently taken aback when a reporter asked him
whether President Soeharto was surprised because the People's
Consultative Assembly was renominating him for another term of
office.

Ginandjar was recounting to journalists the meeting with
Soeharto, during which Golkar asked for the latter's willingness
to be renominated.

"Was he surprised?" a reporter asked.

"Why surprised?" Ginandjar asked,

"Was Pak Harto surprised by your request?" the reporter
explained to a chorus of laughter from the other journalists.
After he realized that he had been taken in, Ginandjar joined in
the merriment.

Soeharto had, of course, known all along he would be
renominated. (swe)