1,238 register for DPD seats

1,238 register for DPD seats

JAKARTA: Some 1,238 people have registered at the General
Elections Commission (KPU) to contest 128 seats on the Regional
Representatives Council (DPD) in the 2004 election, the KPU said
Monday.

KPU chairman Ramlan Surbakti said Jakarta had the highest
number of regional representative registrants with 96 people,
while Papua had the lowest registrants with only 14.

A number of public figures such as former Minister for the
Environment Sarwono Kusumaatmadja, businesswoman Mooryati
Sudibyo, and politician Bambang Warih Kusuma have reportedly
registered to contest DPD seats.

Ramlan said the KPU at provincial and regental levels would
start verifying all information supplied by the prospective
candidates. --JP