Ballot boxes go missing
Ballot boxes go missing
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The provincial committee and the
official supervisory election committee here recorded that 17
ballot boxes were missing in Woja district, Dompu regency, since
June 7. Twelve were said to have been hidden by polling place
officials. They said they hid the boxes because their fees were
cut from Rp 10,000 each to Rp 5,000.
Eleven of the boxes have been found and are now guarded by
police at the regional committee office. The regency committee
said they had not cut the fees but had paid the fee in two phases
and had failed to notify the polling place committee.
Provincial committee officials also denied allegations by
Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung that polling committee officials
in several areas had refused to sign reports because they were
afraid other parties would lose.
"They only refused to sign because of violations involved," a
provincial committee official, Putra Sari, said. (49)
MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The provincial committee and the
official supervisory election committee here recorded that 17
ballot boxes were missing in Woja district, Dompu regency, since
June 7. Twelve were said to have been hidden by polling place
officials. They said they hid the boxes because their fees were
cut from Rp 10,000 each to Rp 5,000.
Eleven of the boxes have been found and are now guarded by
police at the regional committee office. The regency committee
said they had not cut the fees but had paid the fee in two phases
and had failed to notify the polling place committee.
Provincial committee officials also denied allegations by
Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung that polling committee officials
in several areas had refused to sign reports because they were
afraid other parties would lose.
"They only refused to sign because of violations involved," a
provincial committee official, Putra Sari, said. (49)