Australians to observe polls

Mon, 29 Mar 2004, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

JAKARTA: Australia has decided to send an eight-strong
election monitoring team to Indonesia to observe the legislative
election in several areas in West Java, Central Java, East Java,
Lampung, South Sulawesi, East Kalimantan, Bali and East Nusa
Tenggara.

The Australian Embassy said in a statement made available to
the press on Sunday that the team which had been accredited by
the General Elections Commission (KPU) consisted of Sen. David
Johnston, Sen. Ruth Weber, Sen. Natasha Scot Despoja, Margareth
May, MP, Sean Gillian, Robert Hunter, Warwick Oleven and Peter
Bassel.

Altogether there are eight accredited international monitoring
teams, including the International Foundation for Election
Systems (IFES) and the National Democratic Institute (NDI). --JP

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