Fraudulence found in DPD candidacy<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU DKI) officials said on
\nTuesday that many candidates eying a seat on the Regional
\nRepresentatives Council (DPD) have falsified their supporters
\nidentities to reach the minimum requirement of 3,000 supporters.<\/p>\n
KPU DKI chairman Muhammad Taufik said on Tuesday that the
\ncommission had taken out seven more names from the list, making a
\ntotal of 27 candidates ousted in the first screening of their
\nadministrative requirements.<\/p>\n
Taufik said that the disqualified candidates failed to collect
\nthe minimum of 3,000 supporters as many of the supporters also
\nsupported other candidates.<\/p>\n
\"Moreover, during the verification process, we suspect fake
\nIDs were used,\" he said.<\/p>\n
One of the disqualified candidates was Ida Megawati, said
\nTaufik. Ida claimed to have 23,400 supporters in her bid but
\nafter further examination, it turned out that she only had 2,751
\nIDs that were duplicated several times. Of the 2,751 ID cards,
\nonly 1,014 ID cards were valid, 719 others were multiple copies,
\n113 were also submitted by other candidates and 559 ID cards had
\nexpired. The remaining ID cards were fake.<\/p>\n
Taufik said the use of multiple ID cards, in which one person
\nhas several ID cards issued by various subdistricts, was common.<\/p>\n
\"We will report the irregularities to officials of the
\nElections Supervision Commission (Panwaslu),\" he said.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid
\nInstitute (YLBHI), Munarwan, pointed out that the deliberate use
\nof fake ID cards was a violation of Article 137 of Law No.
\n12\/2003 on general elections.<\/p>\n
The article stipulates that, if found guilty, the perpetrator
\ncan be sentenced to 18 months in prison.<\/p>\n
KPU DKI member Ariza Patria said that the commission started
\nto examine candidates' documents on Tuesday, including a field
\ncheck on the institutions that issued the candidates' ID cards,
\nschool diplomas and certificates. The second screening is set to
\nlast until Oct. 21.<\/p>\n
Between Oct. 14 and Oct. 18, the commission verification team
\nwill visit the remaining 78 candidates to check if they have
\nlived in the capital for three consecutive years or 10 years
\nafter they reached the age of 17.<\/p>\n
Between Oct. 17 and Oct. 22, a random field check on 10
\npercent of the supporters claimed by each candidate will take
\nplace.<\/p>",
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