Jakarta KPUD to get its five members<\/p>\n
Arya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
Despite criticism surrounding the process of fit and proper test
\nto elect members of the Jakarta General Elections Commission
\n(Jakarta KPUD), the General Elections Commission (KPU) is still
\noptimistic about finding eligible candidates to fill the five
\nvacant seats.<\/p>\n
\"We will have selected the five members for the Jakarta KPUD
\nbetween May 19 and May 20, as planned. The quality of the
\ncandidates were considerably solid,\" said Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin,
\nchairman of the KPU, who conducted the test for the Jakarta KPUD
\non Sunday.<\/p>\n
Although Nazaruddin told The Jakarta Post that there would be
\neligible candidates from the available nominees, he did not deny
\nthe fact that most of the candidates were still quite far from
\nthe desired standard for members of the KPUD.<\/p>\n
Some criticism has been raised after the KPU, due to time and
\nbudget constraints, sent only one of its nine members to conduct
\na fit and proper test to select five KPUD members for each
\nprovince nationwide.<\/p>\n
Each member is to travel to several provinces and bring back
\ninterview recordings and documents on the suitability test, which
\nare to be submitted to the commission plenary meeting. The
\nselected KPUD members are to be made public nationwide either on
\nMay 19 or May 20.<\/p>\n
Candidates to fill the KPUDs posts were screened based on
\ntheir general and technical knowledge on the mechanism of the
\n2004 general elections.<\/p>\n
\"What the KPU has done is clearly ineffective to attain the
\nbest results from the candidates, as only one person witnessed
\nthe entire process.<\/p>\n
\"They said that the recordings and documents would be used
\nonly if a candidate was considered ineligible. If their reasoning
\nis to tackle budget and time constraints, simply listening to
\nrecordings and going through documents will not save the KPU any
\ntime,\" said Hadar Gumay from the Center for Electoral Reform
\n(CETRO).<\/p>\n
The ten candidates competing for the five seats at the Jakarta
\nKPUD include: Ariza Putra from the Indonesian National Youth
\nCommittee (KNPI); Juri Ardianto from the Independent Election
\nMonitoring Committee (KIPP); M. Taufik from the Jakarta Research
\nCenter (PPEJ); Hamdan Rasyid from the Indonesian Ulemas Council
\n(MUI); Rachman Nansyaah from the academic community and Tubagus
\nHaryo Kardiyanto from the Legal Aid Institute (LBH).<\/p>\n
The remaining four candidates are public figures Parnawaty
\nKhalid, Imas Sidik, Mufliza and Nursyamsiah.<\/p>\n
The KPUD is the KPU's provincial branch in organizing the
\nupcoming 2004 general elections.<\/p>\n
An independent team that was set up previously by the Jakarta
\ngovernor nominated 10 candidates from about 192 who registered
\nfor the KPUD slots. The 10 candidates would then be pared down by
\nthe KPU to fill the five available seats.<\/p>\n
The five members of the Jakarta KPUD will then elect five
\nmembers for the KPUD in each of the Indonesian capital's five
\nmayoralties and Kepulauan Seribu regency.<\/p>\n
Indonesia will have its first direct legislative election on
\nApril 5 next year, which will be followed by the direct
\npresidential election between June and August.<\/p>",
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