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Maluku
to have new governor
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The
Jakarta Post
September
15, 2003
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Maluku to have new governor
AMBON, Maluku: Home Minister Hari
Sabarno is scheduled to swear in Brig. Gen. (ret) Karel Ralahalu
as governor and Mohammad Abdullah Latuconsina as deputy governor
on Sept. 15.
Cak Saimima, a public administration assistant to the governor,
said here on Saturday that acting governor Sinyo Sarundayang has
been asked to coordinate with the provincial legislative council
to make necessary preparations for the swearing-in ceremony.
Sarundayang has been acting governor for ten months, since former
governor Saleh Latuconsina's term of office expired on Dec. 11,
2002. The gubernatorial election was delayed because of the
unstable political conditions in the province, due to the
prolonged sectarian conflict in which more than 6,000 people have
been killed between 1999 and 2002.
Karel and his running mate, Abdullah, won a major victory in the
gubernatorial election held on Aug. 16. -- JP
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