Ballot papers 'held hostage'

Ballot papers 'held hostage'

PAREPARE, South Sulawesi: Regional poll committee officials in
Parepare have not completed their report on results because
ballot papers in Soreang district are being held by disgruntled
workers, Antara reported Wednesday.

The news agency reported the holding of about 20,000 ballot
papers from 63 polling stations in the district's seven
subdistricts was because promised honorariums were not paid by
the committee treasurer.

Payment was Rp 50,000 each for district committee officials,
an increase from the initially announced sum of Rp 20,000 per
person.

Provisional results in the regency showed Golkar was winning
with 36,415 votes, followed by the United Development Party (PPP)
with 3,922 votes.