Prince wants Cirebon to have say

Prince wants Cirebon to have say

CIREBON, West Java: The prince of West Java's Cirebon Kasepuhan Court, PRA Arief Natadiningrat, has warned against sidelining gubernatorial candidates from Cirebon or the area may break away from the province.

"If there are no representatives from Cirebon among the candidates for the posts of West Java governor and vice governor, Cirebon is likely to declare itself a separate province. But if either of these positions include Cirebon candidates, this separation will remain talk," he said in Cirebon on Thursday.

Arief told Antara that West Java had marginalized Cirebon candidates for the post of governor, isolating the people of Cirebon politically and culturally in favor of the people of Bandung.

Registration for gubernatorial and vice gubernatorial candidates will open on Feb. 17. --Antara