Students want governor to resign

Students want governor to resign

BANJARMASIN, South Kalimantan: Activists of two student groups
rallied on Monday to demand that South Kalimantan Governor
Sjachriel Darham step down for incompetence.

On separate occasions, the Pro-Revolution Student Solidarity
(SMPR) and the provincial chapter of the Indonesian Youth
Committee (KNPI) said that Sjachriel was incapable to develop
South Kalimantan during his tenure.

SMPR said in its statement that the governor had failed to
complete the Barito river dredging project, and upgrade
Syamsuddinoor airport to become a haj embarkation and
international airport.

"Those were his promises. He once said he would resign if he
could not meet his words. Now we demand him to resign because he
has failed," one of the SMPR's speaker said in the protest in
front of the provincial legislature. -- JP