PDI activists wants Alex

PDI activists wants Alex

Leaders of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) in South
Jakarta have said they will support the re-election of Alex
Atmasubrata, the current leader of the party's Jakarta chapter.

Alex announced recently that he would run for re-election if
the PDI members wanted him to do so.

H. Aries Munandar, head of the Mampang Prapatan sub-branch of
the party, said here yesterday that he and other PDI activists in
South Jakarta believed that Alex had been successful in leading
the Jakarta chapter, especially in the struggle to win more seats
in the 1987 parliamentary election.

PDI won four seats in the House of Representatives in the 1987
general election compared to two in 1982. However, the party lost
one seat five years later. (tis)