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City Council postpones session to announce Ahok's dismissal
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Non-active Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (wearing batik shirt) during a hearing of his blasphemy trial at the North Jakarta District Court on March 20. (Republika/ POOL/Raisan Al Farisi via JP)
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he City Council has postponed a plenary session to formally announce the dismissal of Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama from his position as Jakarta governor as well as recommend the appointment of acting governor Djarot Saiful Hidayat to the official position of governor, which was initially scheduled to be held on Tuesday.
City council secretary Muhammad Yuliardi said council members would discuss when to hold the plenary session in the Consultative Body (Bamus) meeting.
"The function of the Bamus meeting is to discuss the plenary session schedule," Yuliadi said as quoted by kompas.com, adding that Bamus would hold its meeting on Wednesday.
On May 23, Ahok tendered his letter of resignation to the President, one day after dropping his appeal against his two-year prison sentence for blasphemy.
The letter was signed by Ahok at the police’s Mobile Brigade Command headquarters detention center in Depok, West Java, where he is currently being detained.
Ahok’s dismissal, meanwhile, will be processed after the Jakarta High Court releases an official letter stating that he has withdrawn his appeal. (vny)
