JAKARTA (Yosefardi) – Megawati Soekarnoputri, patron chief and chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), is expected on Monday (Jun. 1) to inaugurate the new PDI-P’s headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta.
The inauguration ceremony is scheduled to be started at around 1:00 pm of Jakarta time.
The new PDI-P’s headquarter in Menteng is the location of PDI-P’s initial headquarters. Previously, the PDI-P moved its headquarters to Lenteng Agung, South Jakarta, after the July 27 1996 bloody incident.
According to PDI-P’s Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto, the party spent Rp42.6 billion to build their new headquarters in Menteng. Hasto claimed that the fund comes from the donation of PDI-P cadres and the people collected in the past five years. (haryantosuharman@yosefardi.com)