Wiranto told to fight for more support
Wiranto told to fight for more support
JAKARTA: Despite the fact that Gen. (ret) Wiranto enjoys
massive support at the regency level, he will not automatically
make it to the last five presidential candidates Golkar plans to
choose later this month, a Golkar leader says.
Golkar convention secretary Andi Mattalatta said Tuesday that
a candidate had to be supported by five provincial Golkar
chapters in order to contest the next presidential selection
round.
Andi was commenting on a recent survey suggesting that Wiranto
was supported by 99 regental chapters, 95 of which put the former
military chief at the top of their lists.
Golkar regental chapters have to select five of 19 candidates
to be submitted to the provincial chapters.
Golkar is expected to announce its five candidates on Oct. 21
when its provincial chapters submit their respective presidential
nominees to the party convention committee. -- JP
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U.S. gives milk to elementary students
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U.S. gives milk to elementary students
JAKARTA: U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L. Boyce
celebrated the World School Milk Day with students and teachers
of state-run Gondangdia Elementary School in Menteng, Central
Jakarta on Tuesday.
After donating 168 packs of milk, Boyce talked to the
students, who mostly come from poor families, on the importance
of drinking milk.
The students were among 550,000 elementary students across the
country who received milk under the Milk for School Health
Efforts (UKS) program, this year.
Boyce said his government had agreed to provide US$15 million
annually to support education in private and public schools in
Indonesia. -- JP
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Nine firms join KPU's IT tender
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Nine firms join KPU's IT tender
JAKARTA: Nine companies and consortium submitted on Tuesday
their bids with the General Elections Commission (KPU) on a
renewed tender to provide Information Technology (IT)
infrastructure for next year's general elections.
The nine firms and consortium are PT Berca Hardaya Perkasa, PT
Integrasi Teknologi, PT Bringin Gigantara, PT Multi Polar, PT
Asaba Computer Center, PT Adhisakti Solusi Komputindo, PT Texacom
Hitek System, PT Swadharma Duta Data, and PT Anabatic Teknologi.
Three companies/consortium withdrew their participation in the
tender, including PT Pernadi Wiraperkasa, which qualified in the
earlier bid.
KPU annulled last Thursday the previous tender, which was
supposed to hear the announcement of the winners, due to
technical and procedural problems.
A member of KPU IT infrastructure tender team Dalail said the
next phase of the IT infrastructure tender would be to announce
several winning candidates on Oct. 13. --JP