Sondakh learns from protesters

Sondakh learns from protesters

MANADO, North Sulawesi: Governor AJ Sondakh said on Saturday
that the burning of a poster with his image on it by student
demonstrators was a corrective action against him.

"I will take note about the burning of my poster," Sondakh
said after opening a discussion titled "Press, Democracy and
Regional Autonomy" here.

Hundreds of students took to the streets last week to protest
the local administration's sluggishness in handling the
province's debts.

The protesters swarmed the provincial legislative council
building and set alight posters of the governor, deputy governors
and provincial secretary.

He said that a team, led by deputy governor Freddy H. Sualang,
had been established to deal with the debt.

He did not deny reports about a swindle that allegedly
involved ten of his subordinates. --Antara