PPDK installs Riau leadership

PEKANBARU, Riau: The United National Democratic Party (PPDK) will install its provincial leadership in Pekanbaru, Riau, on Saturday.

Akmam Adipoetra, PPDK Riau chairman, said in Pekanbaru on Friday that party chairman Ryaas Rasyid, former minister of regional autonomy, was scheduled to install the central board members of the PPDK and its seven regional chapters.

He explained that the party, founded by Ryaas Rasyid and politician Andi Malarangeng, had mostly young executives and would serve as a vehicle for cultivating young well-educated members "in response to the tragic political conditions at present."

A dialog on national political developments from the perspective of the Riau people would be part of the event, with the party founders, and Riau figures Prof. Tabrani Rab and Andi Yusran, being the speakers. --Antara