More support for Soeharto

More support for Soeharto

UJUNGPANDANG: Fifteen organizations affiliated with the
dominant Golkar pledged Saturday to seek re-election of President
Soeharto.

They also pledged to help Golkar win the May 29 general
election and maintain its domination in the House of
Representatives.

They made the resolution before South Sulawesi governor Z.B.
Palaguna, who chairs the local Golkar board of patrons.

"We urge the People's Consultative Assembly to re-elect Haji
Muhammad Soeharto in 1998," they said in the petition, a copy of
which was submitted to the governor.

Last month, South Sulawesi migrants in Jakarta echoed similar
sentiments. Among the prominent figures were State Minister of
Research and Technology B.J. Habibie, chief of the state logistic
agency Beddu Amang and business tycoon Tanri Abeng.

Governor Palaguna has openly thrown his support behind
Soeharto's re-election, and said the pledge showed that South
Sulawesi people are resolute in keeping Soeharto at the helm.
(30/pan)