Six men to represent Jakarta

Six men to represent Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): The City Council has appointed six city
officials to represent Jakarta at the People's Consultative
Assembly (MPR), which is assigned the duty of electing the
country's leader and adapting five-year state guidelines.

Among the six representatives selected in yesterday's plenary
session were Governor Surjadi Soedirdja, Jakarta Military
Commander Maj. Gen. Sutiyoso and City Council Speaker Edy Waluyo.

The other three were H.M. Syah Manaf of the Golkar faction,
Chudrin Hasbullah of the United Development Party and Sahala P.
Sinaga of Indonesia's Democratic Party.

The election of provincial representatives is in line with
Chapter 2 of the 1945 Constitution, which says members of MPR are
made up of representatives from each of Indonesia's 27 provinces,
including Jakarta.

According to Edy Waluyo, the council has set up a team to
select six candidates to represent Jakarta at the assembly as
ruled in a decree issued recently by the minister of home
affairs.

"The six candidates have fulfilled all requirements," Edy
said. (ste)