Official's wife faces punishment

Official's wife faces punishment

YOGYAKARTA: The local elections committee will summon Mrs.
Suharto, wife of the secretary to the Bantul regent, for
allegedly abusing the housewives organization (PKK) she leads in
favor of the Golkar Party.

She has allegedly persuaded the PKK members and wives of civil
servants to vote for Golkar in the upcoming elections.

"Mrs. Suharto said that civil servants should not be afraid of
supporting Golkar," committee chairman Achmad Affandi said
Friday.

Affandi said Mrs. Suharto, a civil servant herself, had
illegally campaigned for Golkar in the residence of the Bantul
regent and in the residence of subdistrict chiefs.

In the past, it was mandatory for all civil servants to vote
for Golkar. But after Soeharto's downfall, the policy was
scrapped.

"We will reprimand Mrs. Suharto and file a complaint with her
superiors over her illegal activity," Affandi said. (swa/44)