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        "id": 1479648,
        "msgid": "poll-watchdogs-eager-to-register-1447893297",
        "date": "2004-01-23 00:00:00",
        "title": "Poll watchdogs eager to register",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Poll watchdogs eager to register JAKARTA: At least three foreign agencies and 22 local organizations have taken application forms to be permitted to provide election monitors from the General Elections Commission (KPU), a KPU member says.",
        "content": "<p>Poll watchdogs eager to register<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA: At least three foreign agencies and 22 local organizations<br>\nhave taken application forms to be permitted to provide election<br>\nmonitors from the General Elections Commission (KPU), a KPU<br>\nmember says.<\/p>\n<p>Valina Singka Subekti, who chairs the KPU's accreditation team<br>\nfor poll monitors, said that the National Democratic Institute<br>\nfor International Affairs (NDI) of the United States,<br>\nTransparency International of Germany, and the Japanese Embassy<br>\nin Indonesia took forms on Wednesday, the first day of<br>\nregistration for would-be election monitors.<\/p>\n<p>Among local organizations, the Rectors Forum, Indonesian<br>\nPolice Watch, the Public Education and Service Center of the<br>\nUniversity of Indonesia (P3M UI), the Indonesian Muslim<br>\nAssociation (HMI), and the Indonesian People's Election<br>\nMonitoring Network had already taken poll monitoring application<br>\nforms.<\/p>\n<p>Valina said the registration period for election monitors<br>\nwould run from Jan. 21 through March 10.<\/p>\n<p>The country will hold its legislative elections on April 5,<br>\nwhich will be participated in by a total of 24 parties.<\/p>\n<p>Parties or coalitions of parties that garner 3 percent of the<br>\nseats in the House of Representatives or 5 percent of the total<br>\nvotes up for grabs will be allowed to contest the first ever<br>\ndirect presidential election on July 5. A second round will be<br>\nheld in September if the first round fails to produce a clear<br>\nwinner.<\/p>\n<p>\"Referring to the technical guidelines on election monitoring<br>\n(issued by the KPU), once prospective poll monitors apply with<br>\nus, we will verify them in three days at the maximum and give<br>\nthem seven days to submit additional or corrected documents,<br>\nshould this be required,\" Valina told a press conference on<br>\nWednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Local and overseas organizations, overseas legislatures,<br>\ngovernments, elections commissions and political parties, local<br>\nand foreign research institutes, and international organizations<br>\nmay register with the KPU for permission to monitor the<br>\nelections.<\/p>\n<p>All poll watchdogs must meet three requirements --<br>\nindependence, financial health, and accreditation from the KPU.<br>\n--JP<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/poll-watchdogs-eager-to-register-1447893297",
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