Denmark to donate ballot boxes<\/p>\n
JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Denmark will donate 10,000 ballot boxes
\nto Irian Jaya to help facilitate the June 7 polls in the
\ncountry's easternmost province, Chairman of the General Election
\nCommission (KPU) Rudini said.<\/p>\n
\"The 10,000 ballot boxes will soon be sent to Irian Jaya,\"
\nRudini said here on Sunday as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
The ballot boxes are made of plastic so will not easily be
\ndamaged during transportation from the polling booths in remote
\nareas to subdistrict capitals and then to the provincial capital,
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
Unlike other provinces in Indonesia, Irian Jaya has a complex
\ntransportation problem, in that the ballot boxes must be
\ntransported from polling booths to the provincial capital through
\nmountains, hills and rivers.<\/p>\n
In view of the difficult land transportation, the KPU has
\ndecided to ask the Danish government to provide Irian Jaya with
\nplastic ballot boxes, he said.<\/p>\n
\"I did that because when I was home affairs minister, I knew a
\nlot about the difficulties faced by the local government and
\npolitical parties,\" he said.<\/p>",
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