Rectors to set up poll watch<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Rectors of all institutes of higher learning in
\nIndonesia have agreed to establish a forum among themselves to
\nmonitor the general election scheduled for June 7, 1999.<\/p>\n
The forum would provide moral support to students who had
\nacted as the spearhead of the reform movement, the forum's
\nexecutive director, Prof. Soedjana Sjafii, said on the sidelines
\nof the rectors' second meeting here on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The forum would adopt the legal status of a foundation and be
\none of the intellectuals' efforts to ensure that the next general
\nelection proceeds directly, freely, fairly and honestly, and
\nuphold human rights, he said as quoted by Antara.<\/p>\n
In addition, the forum would hopefully also ensure the
\nlegitimacy of the poll results at both national and
\ninternational levels, he said.<\/p>\n
The forum's establishment was a synergic educational effort
\nand a contribution of the higher learning institutes to the
\ncreation of a civilized, just and peaceful reform climate, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Asked what linkage there would be between the rectors' forum
\nand the non-governmental Independent Committee for Elections
\nMonitoring (KIPP) set up by a pro-reform group of intellectuals
\nin Jakarta, he said the rectors' forum would first register with
\nthe National Elections Committee (KPU) before cooperating with
\nother general election monitoring committees.<\/p>\n
\"We will hold dialogs with other general election monitoring
\nbodies to establish mutually beneficial cooperation, so that no
\nsingle group will dominate the monitoring effort,\" he said.<\/p>",
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