PAN councillor retakes chair

PAN councillor retakes chair

JAMBI, Jambi: Zulkifli Somad, a councillor of the National
Mandate Party (PAN) faction, was reelected on Monday as the
chairman of Jambi municipal council, defeating candidates from
the Golkar Party and the Democratic Party.

Zulkifli garnered 23 votes in the election, far above Golkar's
Asmawi Syamsuri and Democratic Party's Sukarno, who received 15
votes and one vote, respectively. One councillor abstained.

Zulkifli's was a surprise victory, as it was thought he would
only gain eight votes from the PAN faction. -- JP