PPI finally distributes DPR seats<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The National Elections Committee (PPI) closed
\nthe extended saga on the distribution of legislative seats on
\nWednesday, allocating the remaining 120 seats in the House of
\nRepresentatives (DPR).<\/p>\n
In all, 21 of the 48 political parties who contested the June
\n7 general election won seats in the House.<\/p>\n
There was no major change in the top five parties, with the
\nIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) hauling
\n153 seats, the Golkar Party 120 seats, the United Development
\nParty (PPP) 58 seats, the National Awakening Party (PKB) 51, and
\nthe National Mandate Party (PAN) 34 seats.<\/p>\n
The House consists of 500 seats, of which 462 were contested
\nin the elections.<\/p>\n
Based on the formula devised in the electoral law, parties had
\nto win a certain quota of votes to gain each seat in a particular
\nprovince.<\/p>\n
Following a drawn-out vote tally, 120 seats were left
\nundistributed due to leftover votes that did not fulfill the
\nquotas.<\/p>\n
Controversy then erupted on how the remaining seats would be
\ndivided in a vote-sharing agreement, known as stembus akoord.<\/p>\n
As a result, allocation of seats was delayed for over a month
\nas the elections committee and eight Muslim-based parties bound
\nin a stembus akoord differed on their interpretation of how the
\nvote-sharing agreement should be implemented.<\/p>\n
The General Elections Commission (KPU) finally decided on
\nMonday, to the dismay of the eight parties, to allocate the
\nremaining 120 seats to the parties with the largest remaining
\nshare of votes that did not meet the quotas.<\/p>\n
In reaction to Monday's decision, the eight Muslim-based
\nparties submitted a protest and said they would file a lawsuit
\nagainst the commission.<\/p>\n
The eight parties calculated that they would have shared 58
\nseats instead of the 39 they are now allocated.<\/p>\n
The eight parties include the PPP, the Justice Party (PK), the
\nCrescent Star Party (PBB), the Muslim Community Awakening Party
\n(PKU), the Nahdlatul Ummat Party (PNU), the Islamic Community
\nParty (PUI), the Indonesian United Islam Party 1905 (PSII-1905)
\nand the Indonesian Masyumi Political Party (PPIM).<\/p>\n
PPI chairman Jacob Tobing said the committee had sent a letter
\nto all 48 political parties informing them of the final
\ndistribution of seats.<\/p>\n
\"The committee asked the 21 political parties (who gained
\nseats) to submit their candidates to the committee by 12 noon on
\nSept. 7 at the latest,\" said Tobing.<\/p>\n
The committee would then conduct an administrative review of
\nthe candidates, said Tobing, who sits on the committee as a
\nrepresentative of PDI Perjuangan<\/p>\n
The newly elected members of the House and the People's
\nConsultative Assembly (MPR) will be sworn in from Oct. 1 to Oct.
\n3.<\/p>\n
All House members are also members of the 700-member Assembly,
\nwhich will elect a president in November.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Antara reported from Surabaya, East Java, that
\n3,797 members of the Indonesian Navy's Marine Corps will be
\ndeployed to safeguard the approaching MPR General Session.<\/p>\n
\"Where the troops will be deployed is up to Indonesian
\nMilitary commander, Gen. Wiranto,\" Col. Ahmad Rifai, commander of
\nthe 1st Marine Infantry Brigade, said. (05\/emf)<\/p>",
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