Most KPUDs miss submission deadline<\/p>\n
Moch. N. Kurniawan and Nani Farida, The Jakarta Post,
\nJakarta\/Banda Aceh<\/p>\n
The General Elections Commission (KPU) will hold manual ballot
\ncounting in stages starting from Friday after only 145 of 440
\nregions submitted their election results to the commission on
\ntime.<\/p>\n
KPU deputy chairman Ramlan Surbakti said only two provinces --
\nBangka Belitung and Bali -- had delivered all their regional
\nelection results by the Tuesday deadline.<\/p>\n
Central Java, East Java and Yogyakarta, provinces that have
\nsent most of their results, were expected to complete the
\ndelivery on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
"We have to start data entry (of the results) in stages,
\nfollowed by manual ballot counting that will be witnessed by 24
\npolitical parties and Election Supervisory Committee
\nrepresentatives," Ramlan said after a plenary meeting.<\/p>\n
The KPU had no other choice but to accept the late results
\nfrom the regions, he said.<\/p>\n
"We will still try to meet our internal deadline of April 25
\nto finish manual ballot counting and determine the final results
\nby April 28 at the latest," Ramlan said.<\/p>\n
"If we fail to meet that deadline, I'm afraid the preparations
\nfor the presidential election will be disrupted."<\/p>\n
Ramlan said four regencies in North Sumatra, including North
\nTapanuli, Samosir and Humbang would hold new elections on
\nTuesday.<\/p>\n
Law No 12\/2003 on the legislative election says manual ballot
\ncounting results must be announced no more than 30 days after
\npolling day, which fell on April 5. The KPU has said it will
\nannounce the results by April 28.<\/p>\n
However, it has already pushed back the election timetable due
\nto earlier delays and a source said the schedule would likely be
\nrevised once again to anticipate the late delivery of results.<\/p>\n
So far, vote totals from manual ballot counting are still not
\navailable.<\/p>\n
But based on electronic counting, Golkar tops the results with
\n19,401,252 votes, or 21.14 percent; followed by the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) with 17,878,608 votes, or
\n19.48 percent; and the National Awakening Party (PKB) with
\n10,908,135 million votes, or 11.89 percent.<\/p>\n
Separately, in Banda Aceh, 14 political parties rejected the
\nresults of ballot counting in Aceh due to alleged violations.<\/p>\n
The parties said the violations at the polling stations were
\ncommitted by members of the polling station working committees.<\/p>\n
"We call on the martial law administration in Aceh to take
\nfirm action against perpetrators (of electoral fraud)," the
\nparties, which included Golkar and the Democratic Party, said in
\na joint statement.<\/p>\n
They branded the KPU as arrogant and lacking in transparency.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/most-kpuds-miss-submission-deadline-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }