KPUD bans 126 councillor candidates<\/p>\n
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) disqualified on
\nThursday 126 of 1,682 regional legislative candidates from 24
\npolitical parties contesting the April 5 legislative election.<\/p>\n
KPUD chairman Muhamad Taufik said, however, that if any of the
\napproved candidates were found to have submitted fake documents
\nthey would also be disqualified.<\/p>\n
\"It's better for candidates who submitted fake documents to
\nquit now rather than be discovered later,\" he told The Jakarta
\nPost.<\/p>\n
Thirty-six of the disqualified candidates are from East
\nJakarta, 30 from South Jakarta, 26 from West Jakarta, 13 from
\nCentral Jakarta and 21 from North Jakarta and Kepulauan Seribu
\nregency.<\/p>\n
A total of 1,556 candidates were declared qualified for the
\nelection by KPUD. East Jakarta has the biggest number of
\ncandidates with 429, followed by South Jakarta with 336
\ncandidates, West Jakarta with 324, North Jakarta and Kepulauan
\nSeribu with 267 and Central Jakarta with 200.<\/p>\n
They all will run to gain one of the 75 seats in the City
\nCouncil.<\/p>\n
Taufik named several factors for the disqualification of
\ncandidates including the submission of fake documents and
\nincomplete requirements, being under-age, not fulfilling the
\nminimum education requirement and failure to confirm their
\ndocuments' authenticity.<\/p>\n
Many candidates from major parties like the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the Golkar Party, the
\nUnited Development Party (PPP) and the Crescent Star Party (PBB)
\nwere among those who failed to qualify.<\/p>\n
Fachruddin, a member of the poll commission from South
\nJakarta, said that there were also many candidates who had been
\ndisqualified because they did not confirm their documents
\nauthenticity with KPUD offices at the provincial or municipal
\nlevels.<\/p>\n
\"The number of candidates who failed to go to KPUD offices to
\nconfirm their documents is quite significant,\" he said, without
\nelaborating.<\/p>\n
KPUD had earlier informed each political party that their
\nlegislative candidates were required to go the KPUD offices to
\nconfirm the authenticity of their documents by presenting the
\noriginal ones.<\/p>\n
Data at KPUD showed that 10 of 24 political parties in Jakarta
\nhad not fulfilled the 30 percent quota of women legislative
\ncandidates.<\/p>\n
They include major parties such as the National Awakening
\nParty (PKB) with only 21 percent, the National Mandate Party
\n(PAN) with 25 percent, Golkar Party with 28 percent, PBB with 26
\npercent and PDI-P with 25 percent.<\/p>\n
Other parties that failed to fulfill the quota include the
\nSocialists Democratic Labor Party (PBSD) with 28 percent, the
\nDemocratic Party 28 percent, the Reform Star Party (PBR) 17
\npercent, the Regional United Party (PSI) 28 percent and the
\nPioneers' Party 26 percent.<\/p>",
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