Sudomo's newest startling revelation

JAKARTA: Sudomo, the 70-year-old Supreme Advisory Council chief and regular casanova of beautiful actresses and singers, proved yesterday that he hadn't changed.

As a good Golkar cadre, he said, he supported President Soeharto's renomination for a seventh term because Soeharto still had a good memory.

Sudomo said Soeharto had an extraordinary ability to remember statistics.

"He is not like me who can only recall names of beautiful actresses and singers," he told journalists after meeting President Soeharto at the Bina Graha presidential office.

Sudomo, an eligible bachelor after two collapsed marriages, has rarely kept secret his romantic relationships with celebrities.

As Soeharto's confidante, he quipped, he had a lot in common with the President.

"He is President of the republic, and I am president of the Jakarta Golf Club." he said. (06)