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        "id": 1121342,
        "msgid": "political-parties-to-get-elections-subsidy-1447893297",
        "date": "2001-07-04 00:00:00",
        "title": "Political parties to get elections subsidy",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Political parties to get elections subsidy JAKARTA (JP): Beginning next year, the central and local governments will pay each political party Rp 1,000 (US$0.08) annually for every vote it secured in the 1999 general elections.",
        "content": "<p>Political parties to get elections subsidy<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): Beginning next year, the central and local<br>\ngovernments will pay each political party Rp 1,000 (US$0.08)<br>\nannually for every vote it secured in the 1999 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>In its press statement released on Tuesday, the Ministry of<br>\nFinance called the payment \"a subsidy to help the political<br>\nparties struggle for their respective ideals.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The subsidy for each party is based on the votes it earned in<br>\nthe general elections, and will also be in accordance with the<br>\ncapabilities of both the central and local governments,\" the<br>\nstatement said.<\/p>\n<p>The mechanism for channeling the subsidy from the central<br>\ngovernment to the parties will be arranged by the finance<br>\nministry, which will coordinate with the Ministry of Home Affairs<br>\nand Regional Autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>\"The amount of the subsidy will be synchronized with the State<br>\nBudget. However, local administrations will be given more<br>\nautonomy in providing the subsidy for party branches in their<br>\nareas, with the amount depending on their regional budgets,\" the<br>\nstatement said.<\/p>\n<p>To receive the subsidy, the parties must attach a document<br>\nshowing the number of votes they gained which must be verified by<br>\neither the Indonesian Elections Committee (PPI) or the Local<br>\nElections Committee (PPD), the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>\"The government has decided that the subsidy to be given to<br>\neach political party will not exceed Rp 1,000 per vote,\" it said.<br>\n(tso)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/political-parties-to-get-elections-subsidy-1447893297",
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