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