PKB politicians establish law firm

PKB politicians establish law firm

JAKARTA: A law firm founded by several politicians from the
Nation Awakening Party (PKB) was inaugurated on Monday.

PKB chairman Alwi Shihab, leaders Moh. Mahfud MD, A.S. Hikam,
H.Z. Arifin Junaidi, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, Saleh Abdul Malik
and Ahmad Anas Yahya are the partners of the firm. Former
president Abdurrahman Wahid is the adviser to the firm.

The law firm is named Mahfud MD and Associates.

Alwi, a former foreign affairs minister, said, after its
inauguration, that Mahfud was in charge of handling legal affairs
at the firm. Mahfud is the only law school graduate of the
partners.

Mahfud, a former defense minister and justice minister, said
that the other partners would deal with other nonlegal cases as
the law firm would also offer advice on trading, business
management, information management, financial management, capital
market and security, as well as public policy.

He denied that the law firm would be used as a vehicle for PKB
in its campaign for the 2004 election. -- JP