Jakarta, ID
Tuesday, May 29 2012, 01:44 AM

The Archipelago

Council meeting cancelled following low attendance

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MEDAN: A legislative meeting had to be postponed Friday because many council members failed to show.

The meeting was scheduled to start at 9 a.m. but was postponed twice because only a few members had arrived.

When the register was read out, only 54 of the 100 councilors were in attendance.

The meeting yo decide on a draft budget was finally cancelled.

“The board will reschedule the meeting,” council deputy speaker Kamarudin Harahap said. — JP