NTB gets new council speaker

Fri, 26 Sep 2003, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: A Golkar Party figure was elected
as the new speaker of the West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) legislative
council on Thursday, to replace Lalu Serinato, who had been named
the province's governor.

Sunardi Ayub won 27 of 54 votes, defeating his two rival
candidates -- Rahmat Hidayat from the Indonesian Democratic Party
of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) and Anwar M.Z. from the United
Development Party (PPP).

Anwar grabbed only 21 votes, and Rahmat, a deputy council
speaker, only six votes.

Sunardi's victory overturned previous predictions that Rahmat
would win the election.

Deputy NTB Governor Thamrin Rayes hailed Sunardi's election,
saying that the voting procedure was smooth and democratic.
--Antara

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