443 people register in bid for KPUD commission
443 people register in bid for KPUD commission
Bambang Nurbianto, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
As many as 443 people have been registered to undergo the first
stage of the selection process to become members of the city's
provincial elections commission (KPUD) and the commissions for
its five municipalities and one regency.
During the selection process, which started on Wednesday,
candidates competed for positions on the five-member KPUD at
provincial level, and 30 additional positions in five
municipalities and one regency, each commission of which will
have five members.
From over 400 people who took application forms for candidates
at KPUD provincial level, only 192 people had returned them to
the secretariat of the selection team by the deadline on Tuesday.
Registered candidates for commission membership at
municipality/regency levels number 30 from Central Jakarta, 45
from West Jakarta, 79 from North Jakarta, 72 from East Jakarta,
34 from South Jakarta and 23 from Thousand Islands regency.
Syamsul Maarif, a member of the selection team, said on
Wednesday that candidates who had passed the first selection
process on Thursday would take part in psychometric tests, and
those short-listed would be interviewed.
"After the interviews, the team will select 30 candidates for
provincial level. They will have to submit themselves to public
scrutiny. The selection team will place their names in newspaper
advertisements, to give the public a chance to make their
comments," Syamsul added.
A similar procedure will also be used for KPU candidates at
municipality and regency levels.
Syamsul added that from the 30 candidates for the provincial
KPUD, the team would select 10 of the KPU provincial members, who
will have been installed by Governor Sutiyoso. The names of the
selected members would then be submitted to the national General
Elections Commission (KPU).
Syamsul also said the selection team would submit 10 names as
candidates for each of the municipality and regency levels.
KPU will select five of them to become Jakarta KPUD members
and also five for each municipality- and regency-level KPU.
The five KPUD members from Jakarta, together with other KPUD
members from others provinces, will be installed in late May in
Jakarta, while regency- and municipality-level KPU members are
scheduled to be inaugurated in mid-June in the provincial capital
concerned.
Members of the elections commissions at provincial and
regency/municipality levels will work for five years. Their
official monthly salaries have not been revealed, but are
estimated to be around Rp 7 million for provincial-level and Rp 3
million for regency/municipality-level KPU members.