PWI to hold dialog on national unity

PWI to hold dialog on national unity

JAKARTA: The Yogyakarta branch of the Indonesian Journalists
Association (PWI) is planning to hold a dialog on national unity
on Saturday with a number of well-known public figures being
invited to attend.

PWI Yogyakarta said in a statement on Tuesday that the
dialogue would feature Coordinating Minister for Political and
Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Yogyakarta governor
Sri Sultan Hamengku Buwono X, scholar Mudji Sutrisno, and the
rector of the National Development University (UPN), Supranto.

Some 600 participants including students, government
officials, legislators, judges, and civil society groups are
expected to attend the dialogue.

"We expect the dialogue will contribute something to
consolidating the country's unity, which is at risk at present,"
PWI Yogyakarta said in the statement.

The dialogue would also help participants to better understand
their rights and obligations in the development of the country,
it said. --JP