PKP eyes 10 percent of votes
<p>PKP eyes 10 percent of votes </p><p> MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The Nationhood and Unity Party (PKP)
is setting its sights on winning 10 percent of the vote in the
2004 general election, chairman Edi Sudrajat said here on
Saturday.</p><p>"We haven't set too high a target. With such an outcome the
party would remain solid; that's the most important thing," Edi,
a former defense minister, said at Hasanuddin Airport on a
stopover from Maluku to Jakarta.</p><p>Edi visited Maluku to introduce the party to people in a
province that was swept by sectarian conflict between 1999 and
2002. Party chief patron Try Sutrisno, a former vice president,
accompanied Edi during the trip.</p><p>Try insisted the party would not aim for the presidency in
2004, but a strong and healthy party instead, whose members were
loyal to the Unitary Republic of Indonesia and the Constitution.
--Antara</p><p>;JP;SPS;
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Trade minister faces sanction
JP/4/Rini</p><p>Trade minister faces sanctions</p><p> JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) said it would hand
down sanctions against Minister of Trade and Industry Rini
Soewandi if she failed to fulfill the second summons for
questioning over her role in the purchase of Sukhoi jet fighters.</p><p>"We expect her to turn up this time," said chairman of House
Commission I for defense Ibrahim Ambong on the sidelines of the
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Annual Session on Saturday.</p><p>Ibrahim chairs the House working committee of inquiry into
alleged irregularities in the warplane deal.</p><p>He said the sanction would be in the form of a quarantine, as
stipulated in the law on the composition of legislative bodies,
endorsed by the House last month. It would automatically come
into force on Aug. 10 if President Megawati Soekarnoputri failed
to sign it within the next few days.</p><p>Ibrahim said the House working committee would send a second
summons to Rini after the MPR session finished on Aug. 10.</p><p>The first hearing was scheduled for July 29 but was canceled
by the committee at the request of Ibrahim, who was overseas at
the time. --Antara</p><p>;JP;SPS;
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Shipbuilder needs political support
JP/4/shipper</p><p>Shipbuilder needs political support</p><p> SURABAYA: To keep state ship producer PT PAL Indonesia alive,
the company has demanded the government's political support, its
president director Adwin H. Surjohardjo has said. </p><p>"As a state enterprise, PT PAL Indonesia will not be free from
political interference, but we hope we are not going to serve the
government's political interests," he said on Saturday.</p><p>The absence of political support from the current government
prompted the collapse of state aircraft company PT Dirgantara
Indonesia. It recently suspended almost 10,000 of its employees
due to financial problems.</p><p>Adwin said PT PAL Indonesia had strategic value, as Indonesia
was a maritime country and therefore required a lot of ships for
either transportation or defense purposes.</p><p>He apologized for providing only a little information on the
company to the public so far. </p><p>"We choose to keep a low profile, although we have always
maintained a good performance," said Adwin. --Antara</p><p></p>
is setting its sights on winning 10 percent of the vote in the
2004 general election, chairman Edi Sudrajat said here on
Saturday.</p><p>"We haven't set too high a target. With such an outcome the
party would remain solid; that's the most important thing," Edi,
a former defense minister, said at Hasanuddin Airport on a
stopover from Maluku to Jakarta.</p><p>Edi visited Maluku to introduce the party to people in a
province that was swept by sectarian conflict between 1999 and
2002. Party chief patron Try Sutrisno, a former vice president,
accompanied Edi during the trip.</p><p>Try insisted the party would not aim for the presidency in
2004, but a strong and healthy party instead, whose members were
loyal to the Unitary Republic of Indonesia and the Constitution.
--Antara</p><p>;JP;SPS;
ANPAa..r..
Scene-Sukhoi-probe
Trade minister faces sanction
JP/4/Rini</p><p>Trade minister faces sanctions</p><p> JAKARTA: The House of Representatives (DPR) said it would hand
down sanctions against Minister of Trade and Industry Rini
Soewandi if she failed to fulfill the second summons for
questioning over her role in the purchase of Sukhoi jet fighters.</p><p>"We expect her to turn up this time," said chairman of House
Commission I for defense Ibrahim Ambong on the sidelines of the
People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Annual Session on Saturday.</p><p>Ibrahim chairs the House working committee of inquiry into
alleged irregularities in the warplane deal.</p><p>He said the sanction would be in the form of a quarantine, as
stipulated in the law on the composition of legislative bodies,
endorsed by the House last month. It would automatically come
into force on Aug. 10 if President Megawati Soekarnoputri failed
to sign it within the next few days.</p><p>Ibrahim said the House working committee would send a second
summons to Rini after the MPR session finished on Aug. 10.</p><p>The first hearing was scheduled for July 29 but was canceled
by the committee at the request of Ibrahim, who was overseas at
the time. --Antara</p><p>;JP;SPS;
ANPAa..r..
Scene-boat-support
Shipbuilder needs political support
JP/4/shipper</p><p>Shipbuilder needs political support</p><p> SURABAYA: To keep state ship producer PT PAL Indonesia alive,
the company has demanded the government's political support, its
president director Adwin H. Surjohardjo has said. </p><p>"As a state enterprise, PT PAL Indonesia will not be free from
political interference, but we hope we are not going to serve the
government's political interests," he said on Saturday.</p><p>The absence of political support from the current government
prompted the collapse of state aircraft company PT Dirgantara
Indonesia. It recently suspended almost 10,000 of its employees
due to financial problems.</p><p>Adwin said PT PAL Indonesia had strategic value, as Indonesia
was a maritime country and therefore required a lot of ships for
either transportation or defense purposes.</p><p>He apologized for providing only a little information on the
company to the public so far. </p><p>"We choose to keep a low profile, although we have always
maintained a good performance," said Adwin. --Antara</p><p></p>