Nabire has no council speaker

Nabire has no council speaker

NABIRE, Irian Jaya: The Nabire regency has not yet inaugurated
Col. Maulud Hidayat, its new legislative speaker, due to an
objection by three members of the town's election board.

Paulus Boby of the Golkar faction, Paskalis Butu and Nancy
Worabay of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
Perjuangan) resisted Maulud's election on Oct. 7, saying he was
not a native of the regency.

Maulud represents the Indonesian Military/National Police
faction.

A group of locals demanded on Thursday a reelection of the
council chairman, otherwise they would take to the streets and
stage rallies.

In Medan, North Sumatra, student representatives from five
universities insisted that provincial legislators elect their
speaker soon.

The council elected Yunus Harahap as its speaker, but some PDI
Perjuangan representatives protested the result because only 40
out of 79 councillors were present during the election.
(39/eba/edt)