Wiranto rejected from seminar

KENDARI: Former military chief Gen. (ret) Wiranto has been rejected from speaking at a seminar on the political situation at the Haluoleo University here.

University rector Mahmud Hamundu on Thursday said, however, that the rejection had nothing to do with politics, but simply showed that the university respected regulations.

According to the rector, Wiranto was invited to speak at the discussion in his capacity as a presidential candidate from Golkar Party.

Had Wiranto been allowed to speak, he said, people would see it as a form of campaigning. In fact, the campaign period has not yet started.

Mahmud added that the university was drafting regulations on what would be allowed and not allowed during next year's campaign period. -- Antara