PDI councilors are 'too busy'

PDI councilors are 'too busy'

JAKARTA (JP): Business at party headquarters means
city councilors from the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)
faction have to spend most of their time outside the City Council
building.

Faction chairman Lukman Mokoginta told Governor Surjadi
Soedirdja on Monday that the 13 PDI councilors have been too busy
with party affairs resulting from the government-sponsored
congress in Medan, North Sumatra, last month to carry out their
work as councilors.

"We told the governor that from now on most of the faction's
members will not be able to spend most of their time fulfilling
their job as councilors as usual," Lukman, who was accompanied by
Ismunandar, told reporters.

However, Lukman added, the faction's office will not be empty,
nor will the seats be deserted. At least two councilors will be
on duty every day, he added.

"The governor told us that he understood our position, and
urged us to continue contributing as best we could to the city
council," he said.

Lukman said, however, that the PDI councilors will be ready
for any meetings on the council's agenda. "Although, maybe only
eight or nine of us will be able to attend the meetings," he
said.

Ismunandar said that the condition will be continued until the
party's problems are settled. (yns)