Symposium to save PWI

YOGYAKARTA: Dozens of journalists in the Journalists Forum for the Salvation of the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) are to hold a national symposium here on Nov. 21 with the theme of salvaging the association.

PWI's Yogyakarta branch deputy chairman Masduki Atamami said the symposium would feature as speakers the association's founder Rosihan Anwar, Kompas daily chief editor Jacob Oetama, deputy chief editor of the Semarang-based Suara Merdeka daily Sasongko Tedjo, director of Dr. Soetomo Press Education Institute Atmakusumah and former Kompas journalist Satrio Arismunandar, who was expelled from the association in 1994.

"We expect inputs from the speakers in order to reach a solution to face the future of PWI in the 21st century. The solution could be a declaration or something else," Masduki said.

He said the participants were expected to share their opinions to make the association free from personal interest or usable by certain people for their own ends.

He said he would invite association members from across the country, including the association's reform faction led by Budiman S. Hartojo, to attend. (23/jun)