Five parties register for 2004 election<\/p>\n
A'an Suryana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Five political parties registered themselves on Monday with the
\nGeneral Elections Commission (KPU) to contest the 2004 polls,
\njust three days after they were screened by the Ministry of
\nJustice and Human Rights.<\/p>\n
The Crescent and Star Party (PBB), the Indonesian Union Party
\n(PSI), the Justice and Unity Party of Indonesia (PKP Indonesia),
\nthe Star Party of Reform (PBR) and the National Concern Party
\n(PKPB) are the first to undergo the final stages of the screening
\nprocess to qualify for next year's general election.<\/p>\n
For the PBB, the final process will be a formality as it has
\nalready met the two percent electoral threshold required by the
\nelection law to be eligible for the 2004 election. The party won
\n11 seats in the House of Representatives in the last election in
\n1999, one seat above the threshold.<\/p>\n
The leaders of the five political parties came to the KPU in
\norder to witness the registration process, including Yusril Ihza
\nMahendra, the chairman of the PBB, who is also the minister of
\njustice and human rights.<\/p>\n
Yusril, the PBB's deputy chairman Nursyamsi and secretary
\ngeneral M.S. Ka'ban, were received by KPU secretary-general
\nSafdar Yusaac.<\/p>\n
The KPU is vetting the political parties which intend to
\ncontest next year's polls from July 9 through Oct. 9.<\/p>\n
Registration with the KPU is restricted to parties that have
\npassed administrative screening by the Ministry of Justice and
\nHuman Rights so as to obtain body corporate status.<\/p>\n
Parties registering with the KPU are required to fill in forms
\ndetailing their names, the names of their executives and other
\nrelevant facts.<\/p>\n
"The screening by the KPU will be held after the forms are
\nfilled in, and the outcome will be made public on Dec. 2 after
\nthe KPU's plenary meeting," KPU member Annas Urbaningrum said on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n
The 2004 general election will be held in April of next year.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights declared nine
\npolitical parties eligible for the next stage on Thursday,
\nincluding the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI
\nPerjuangan), the winner of the 1999 elections.<\/p>\n
The Golkar Party, which finished second behind the PDI
\nPerjuangan, will register itself with the justice ministry on
\nWednesday.<\/p>",
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