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(February 7,
2007/ Jakarta) H.E. Abdurrahman Wahid, former President of
Indonesia and chairman of the Nation Awakening party (PKB),
received yesterday the members of the Executive Committee of the
Council of Asian Liberals & Democrats (CALD) and participants to
the 1st CALD Political Party Management Workshop at his home in
the Indonesian capital.
The dinner
reception was attended by the top officials of PKB, CALD and FNF.
Leading the
CALD delegation was Dr. J.R. Nereus Acosta, MP, CALD Secretary
General. The members of the CALD Executive Committee included
former CALD Chairman and Philippine Education Secretary
Florencio “Butch” Abad; former CALD Secretary General and
Democrat Party (Thailand) Spokesman Ong Ard Klampaiboon; Madam
Saumura Tioulong, MP, of the Sam Rainsy Party of Cambodia; CALD
Women’s Caucus Chair and LP ice President Rep. Dina Abad; Mr.
Lee Kah Choon, Deputy Secretary General of the Malaysian
People’s Movement Party (Gerakan); Dr. Rajiva Wijesinha,
President of the Liberal Party of Sri Lanka; Ms. Chee Siok Chin
of the Singapore Democratic Party; Mr. David Taw of the National
Council of the Union of Burma; Ms. Amy Hsiao and Ms. Pingya Hsu
of the Democratic Progressive Party of Taiwan; and, Dr. Asif
Khan of the Liberal Forum Pakistan.
 President
Wahid was joined by his wife, former First Lady Shinta Nuriya
Wahid and daughter Yenni Zarnubah Wahid.
Most of the
senior officials of PKB attended including Minister Muhaimin
Iskandar, General Chairman of the National Board, Mr. Lukman
Edy, M.Si, Secretary General; Moh. Hanif Dhakiri, Deputy
Secretary General; Mr. Eman Hermawan, Deputy Secretary General;
Mrs. Ida Fauziyah, Chair of Parliamentary Faction; and, Rieke
Dyah Pitaloka, Deputy Secretary General and Bahruddin Nashori,
Treasurer. Deputy Chairmen Hermawi F. Taslim and Andy Muawiyah
Ramli and members of the advisory board TGK. Ali Hanafiyah and
Ahmad Rawi were also in attendance.
Members of
Parliament who attended include Mrs. Badriyah Fayumi, Mrs.
Saidah Sakwan, Lalu Misbah Hidayat, Marwan Jakfar, Arifin
Junaedi, Aris Junaedi, Mrs. Anisah Mahfudz, M. Khaidir Wafa, A.
Syafrin Romas, Mufid Busyairi, Mrs. Nursyahbani Katjasungkana ,
Prof. Cecep Syarifuddin, Bisri Romly, Mrs. Anna Mu’awanah,
Abdullah Azwar Anas, Taufikurrahman Saleh, Saifullah Makshum,
Ali Mubarok, Imam Nahrawi, Masduki Baidlowi, Suhendy Karyawan,
Hamdun and Ishartanto.
Attending
from the Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) were Mr. Hubertus
von Welck, Regional Director for East and Southeast Asia; Dr.
Rainer Adam, Resident Representative (Jakarta) and Mr. Siegfried
Herzog, Resident Representative (Manila).
The
following day, the CALD Executive Committee and participants of
the 1st CALD Political Party Management Workshop visited the PKB
headquarters in Jakarta which was graced by the presence of
President Wahid and top officials of PKB.
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