PIB to hold national convention

PIB to hold national convention

JAKARTA: The New Indonesian Party (PIB) plans to hold a series
of seminars followed by its first national convention between
March 20 and 23 at the Hotel Indonesia, Jakarta.

Sjahrir, the party's leader and presidential candidate will
open the three-day seminar on Thursday, discussing regional
autonomy and the party's agenda in facing the next general
election.

On the closing day on Sunday, PIB will hold its national
convention, where all provincial and regency branches are likely
to announce the nomination of its leader Sjahrir as the
presidential candidate from PIB for the next general election.

Sjahrir, Indonesia's noted economist, told The Jakarta Post
earlier that the event would host some 1,000 party members from
31 provinces and 500 regencies nationwide.--JP