Scholars group has no permit

Scholars group has no permit

PURWOKERTO, Central Java: The newly-founded Association for
Pancasila Development (PCPP) launched over the weekend has yet to
obtain the official permit.

Chief of the Banyumas socio-political office Lt. Col. Soegeng
told The Jakarta Post yesterday that he summoned the
organization's chairman, Rubijato, to discuss the matter.

The association, whose members are mostly teachers at
Purwokerto's Soedirman University, is still drawing up its
statute, according to Soegeng.

Rubijato said that ever since he launched the organization on
Saturday, countless callers from across the country have been
asking him for more details.

Many intellectuals from major towns such as Semarang and
Yogyakarta have also shown interest in joining and establishing
local branches, he said.

The university's rector, Soebardi AS, and local military chief
Col. Andy Subur Abdullah said the news about the launching of the
organization had taken them by surprise because they had not been
informed before. (wah/pan)