Muhamadiyah focuses on programs

Muhamadiyah focuses on programs

YOGYAKARTA: Muhamadiyah, a Moslem social and educational
organization, will focus on its working programs at its upcoming
congress, rather than on the election of the new leadership.

Muhamadiyah's deputy chairman, Ahmad Syafii Maarif, said
yesterday he was optimistic that Muhamadiyah's congress in Banda
Aceh in July would not get bogged down in debates over the
organization's leadership.

"There will be no difficulty in the election of executive
board members for the 1995-2000 period because we have a lot of
good cadres," Syafii was quoted by Antara as saying.

Muhammadiyah is currently led by Amien Rais, who was appointed
in the middle of last year. He replaced Azhar Basyir who died
earlier last year.

Syafii said the July meeting will finalize the organization's
working programs for the coming five years.(imn)