Panwaslu overrules objections<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The official Election Supervisory Committee
\n(Panwaslu) said on Sunday it had overruled a decision by General
\nElections Commission (KPU) representatives to refuse to endorse
\nthe poll results.<\/p>\n
\"Reports submitted by 12 political parties to support their
\nrefusal to sign the poll results are not specifically described,
\nso they cannot be empirically verified,\" the chairman of
\nPanwaslu, Soedarko, told a news conference.<\/p>\n
\"The other 14 political parties failed to submit their written
\nobjections to the poll by the Thursday deadline.\"<\/p>\n
The decision was taken at the committee's plenary meeting on
\nSaturday and conveyed by its 25 members to President B.J. Habibie
\nat his residence in South Jakarta early Sunday.<\/p>\n
KPU failed to announce the poll results on July 26 after 27 of
\nits 52 members refused to endorse the results, citing unresolved
\ncases of electoral violations. Four other members abstained from
\nsigning.<\/p>\n
KPU chairman Rudini subsequently deferred the final decision
\nto President B.J. Habibie, who said in a televised address that
\nhe had requested Panwaslu investigate the \"reasons why the
\nparties refused to sign the poll results\".<\/p>\n
Habibie ruled that the committee would be given seven days to
\nfinish the job.<\/p>\n
Minister of Information Muhammad Yunus, who was also present
\non Sunday, said that based on \"democratic considerations\" Habibie
\nwould let the KPU, as the election organizer, decide on the final
\nvote count. However, they were requested to take into
\nconsideration the Panwaslu results.<\/p>\n
The KPU will hold a plenary session on Monday, after which it
\nis expected to announce the final vote count.<\/p>\n
All 48 parties which contested the election have
\nrepresentatives on the 53-member KPU, which also has five
\ngovernment members. A two-thirds majority is needed for
\nratification of any decision.<\/p>\n
Representatives of some of the smaller parties have demanded a
\nseat in the national legislature, despite the requirement under
\nlaw that parties wishing to contest future elections must obtain
\na minimum 2 percent of seats in the legislative body.<\/p>\n
Megawati Soekarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party of
\nStruggle (PDI Perjuangan) was placed first in the polls with 33.7
\npercent of the vote, trailed by the ruling Golkar Party.<\/p>\n
Panwaslu said the 12 parties which failed to specifically
\ndescribe their refusal to endorse the polls were the Abul Yatama
\nParty, the Indonesian People's Party (Pari), the Democratic
\nNational Party (PND), the Indonesian Democrats Alliance Party
\n(PADI), the New Indonesia Party (PIB), the Independent National
\nParty, the All-Indonesian Workers Solidarity Party (PSPSI), the
\nMurba Party, the MKGR Party, the Suni Party, the Justice Party
\nand the Indonesian Unity and Diversity Party (PBI).<\/p>\n
The 14 which failed to meet the deadline of submitting their
\nreport at 5 p.m. on Thursday were the Indonesian Christian
\nNational Party (Krisna), the Indonesian Muslim Awakening Party
\n(Kami), the Democratic People's Party (PRD), the Democratic
\nCatholic Party, the Indonesian Masyumi Islamic Political Party,
\nthe Workers Solidarity Party (PSP), the Nahdlatul Ummat Party
\n(PNU), the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), the Indonesian
\nDemocratic Union Party (PUDI), the National Labor Party (PBN),
\nthe Indonesian Nation's National Party (PNBI), the Indonesian
\nMuslim Party (PUMI) and the Indonesian Workers Party (PPI).<\/p>\n
Panwaslu also said that the Supeni-led Indonesian National
\nParty (PNI-Supeni), one of the 27 who refused to endorse the
\npolls on July 26, had signed the poll results later that day.<\/p>\n
Of the 462 House of Representatives seats contended in the
\nelections, 154 were won by PDI Perjuangan, 120 went to Golkar, 58
\nto the United Development Party (PPP), 51 to the National
\nAwakening Party (PKB), 35 to the National Mandate Party (PAN), 14
\nto the Crescent Star Party (PBB), six to the Justice Party (PK),
\nthree to PNU and one to the Muslim Community Awakening Party
\n(PKU). (byg\/prb)<\/p>",
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