The Jakarta Post, October 26, 2002
Gafur wins lawsuit against minister
JAKARTA: The Jakarta Administrative Court accepted on Friday a lawsuit by former
president Soeharto's aide Abdul Gafur, who wants his name included on the list of
gubernatorial candidates for North Maluku.
The panel of judges, presided over by Eddy Nurjono, also ordered Minister of Home
Affairs Hari Sabarno to postpone the gubernatorial election in the province.
Gafur, who once served as youth and sports minister in Soeharto's regime, submitted
the lawsuit on Oct. 21 to protest a decree issued three days earlier by the home
affairs minister.
Through the decree, the minister decided on three pairs of gubernatorial and vice
gubernatorial candidates in North Maluku: Thaib Armayin/Yamin Tawari, Sudjud
Suradjuddin/Madjid Abdullah and Thaib Armayin/Madjid Abdullah.
Gafur and his running mate Mudafar Syah were not included on the list despite the
fact that they were nominated by the United Development Party (PPP) and approved
during a plenary session of the provincial legislative council.
The government annulled Gafur's victory in last year's gubernatorial election because
of allegations of money politics. The case is being investigated by the National Police.
--JP
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