'Jakarta KPUD will be announced today'<\/p>\n
Arya Abhiseka, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The General Elections Commission (KPU) failed on Tuesday to
\nannounce the names of the provincial General Elections Commission
\n(KPUD) members as promised, and plans instead to reveal the 155
\nnames of all 31 provincial KPUD members on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Previously, chairman of the KPU Nazaruddin Sjamsuddin told The
\nJakarta Post that the commission planned to announce the members
\nof all provincial KPUDs, including the Jakarta KPUD, either on
\nMay 19 or May 20.<\/p>\n
However, the KPU was at a plenary meeting until late evening
\non Tuesday to determine the eligible members. The public
\nannouncement is to be made on Wednesday morning at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n
One of the responsibilities of the KPU, the organizer of the
\n2004 general elections, is to establish the KPUDs, or provincial
\nbranches of the commission, that will organize the general
\nelections at the provincial level.<\/p>\n
For the Jakarta KPUD, 192 candidates were previously screened
\nby an independent team established by Jakarta Governor Sutiyoso,
\nout of which ten eligible candidates were selected to compete for
\nthe five vacant slots.<\/p>\n
Nazaruddin then conducted a fit and proper test to select the
\nfive members last week. The suitability test required all
\ncandidates to possess general and technical knowledge on the
\ngeneral elections mechanism.<\/p>\n
The ten candidates vying for the five Jakarta KPUD seats are:
\nAriza Putra from the Indonesian National Youth Committee (KNPI);
\nJuri Ardianto from the Independent Election Monitoring Committee
\n(KIPP); M. Taufik from the Jakarta Research Center (PPEJ); Hamdan
\nRasyid from the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI); Rachman Nansyaah
\nfrom the academic community; Tubagus Haryo Kardiyanto from the
\nLegal Aid Institute (LBH); and public figures Parnawaty Khalid,
\nImas Sidik, Mufliza and Nursyamsiah.<\/p>\n
The country's first direct general election will be held next
\nyear, beginning with the legislative election on April 5, with
\nthe presidential election to fall between June and August.<\/p>",
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