Voting booths must be placed outside office complexes<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The city's General Elections Committee has
\nbanned government offices from constructing polling booths inside
\noffice building compounds.<\/p>\n
In the last general election, in 1992, polling stations were
\nalso banned from government office compounds.<\/p>\n
The city's committee found eight offices had violated the rule
\nand ordered local officials to remove them.<\/p>\n
An official at the city's directorate of social and political
\naffairs in charge of this year's election said yesterday voting
\nbooths should be built outside government office and state school
\nbuilding complexes.<\/p>\n
Data from the city's General Elections Committee revealed that
\n12,496 polling stations would be built. Of them 10,478 stations
\nwould be in residential areas, 1,965 near government office
\nbuildings and 53 would be mobile stations.<\/p>\n
Mobile stations are for voters in hospitals and detention
\ncenters.<\/p>\n
The source, who requested anonymity, said traffic rerouting
\nduring the campaign period was still being discussed by the
\ncommittee and City Police Headquarters.<\/p>\n
The nationwide campaign period of 27 days will be from April
\n27 to May 23. There will be a four-day cooling off period from
\nMay 24 to May 28 before the election on May 29.<\/p>\n
The source said the committee would further discuss campaign
\nsites.<\/p>\n
He declined to say if the City anticipated that some areas
\nwould be riot-prone during the campaign.<\/p>\n
The city's general elections committee and the three
\ncontestants have agreed that the dominant Golkar party will be
\nthe first to campaign. Contestants will campaign every three
\ndays.<\/p>\n
Agreement<\/p>\n
The agreement says each contestant is entitled to nine rounds
\nin the campaign period.<\/p>\n
Golkar will campaign on April 27, April 30, May 3, 6, 9, 12,
\n15, 18 and May 21.<\/p>\n
The Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) will campaign on April
\n28, May 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, 16, 19 and May 22. The United
\nDevelopment Party (PPP), on April 29, May 2, 5, 8, 11, 14, 17, 20
\nand May 23.<\/p>\n
The agreement was signed Friday by Lukman F. Mokoginta of PDI,
\nRusjdi Hamka of PPP, Fattomy Ansaary of Golkar, and Bagus
\nSuharyono, who heads the city's social and political affairs
\ndirectorate.<\/p>\n
On April 27 between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. task forces of all three
\ncontestants must simultaneously install their campaign aids along
\nthe city's main streets such as Jl. Imam Bonjol, Jl. M.H Thamrin,
\nJl. Diponegoro and at the National Monument square.<\/p>\n
Contestants can then place their campaign aids in other areas
\nacross the city from 12 midnight to 6 a.m.<\/p>\n
The nine campaign rounds are for mass gatherings between
\ncampaigners and supporters. These will be divided into four
\nrounds in subdistricts, three for district levels and the other
\ntwo for mayoralty levels.<\/p>\n
Contestants must stick to the campaign schedules.<\/p>\n
From 6 a.m. to 9 a.m contestants can place placards, banners
\nand flags within a radius 500 meters from their campaign site.<\/p>\n
Campaigns were scheduled from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., after which
\ncontestants must clear up campaign aids from 6 to 10 p.m.<\/p>\n
In the cooling period from May 24 to May 28, all contestants
\nmust clear up their campaign aids. On May 29 a registered
\n7,453,416 Jakartans are entitled to vote. Ballot counting will be
\nconducted from May 30 to June 17. (11)<\/p>",
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