Telkom GM urged to resign

Telkom GM urged to resign

BANDUNG: Angry employees of the West Java branch of state
telecommunications company PT Telkom, have threatened to hold a
strike beginning March 21, if the general manager of Regional
Division III, Michael Lee Towne, is not replaced.

"We want the general manager to be replaced by a person who
comes from PT Telkom itself. We are really ashamed of the
complaints we have received from the general public, who have not
received good service from PT Telkom, since Towne became general
manager in September last year," spokesman for the regional
division III employees, Sudjana Ruben, told reporters on
Thursday.

"There has been no development in the services of PT Telkom,
since this man became general manager."

Towne, who is actually from PT Ariawest International (AWI) --
the company working in collaboration with the West Java branch of
PT Telkom -- was appointed as general manager by the board of
directors of PT AWI.

Responding to the employees' demands, Towne said that he was
ready to resign at any time if that was the wish of AWI, but has
also promised the employees that he will try and develop the
services of PT Telkom in the near future. (yuli/ylt)