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        "id": 1163987,
        "msgid": "kutai-set-for-direct-election-1447893297",
        "date": "2005-05-18 00:00:00",
        "title": "Kutai set for direct election",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Kutai set for direct election KUTAI, East Kalimantan: An official with the Kutai Kartanegara local election commission said on Tuesday that Kutai Kartanegara was ready for the upcoming direct election for regent. Residents of Kutai Kartanegara will elect the region's new chief executive on June 1. \"The preparations are 90 percent completed.",
        "content": "<p>Kutai set for direct election<\/p>\n<p>KUTAI, East Kalimantan: An official with the Kutai Kartanegara<br>\nlocal election commission said on Tuesday that Kutai Kartanegara<br>\nwas ready for the upcoming direct election for regent. Residents<br>\nof Kutai Kartanegara will elect the region's new chief executive<br>\non June 1.<\/p>\n<p>\"The preparations are 90 percent completed. All election<br>\nsupplies, such as ballot papers, have been distributed to<br>\nsubdistrict poll officials, except for the ink,\" said Rinda<br>\nDesianti, chief of the logistics section of the Kutai Kartanegara<br>\nGeneral Elections Commission (KPU).<\/p>\n<p>Over 370,000 voters will be eligible to vote in the direct<br>\nlocal leadership election, the first ever in Kutai Kartanegara's<br>\nhistory. There are three pairs of candidates vying for the<br>\noffices of regent and vice regent in the election, which will<br>\nalso be the first in the country's history.<\/p>\n<p>Desianti estimated that all poll supplies will have been<br>\ndistributed to polling stations by May 21. -- JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kutai-set-for-direct-election-1447893297",
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