Brazilians to vote today

Brazilians to vote today

JAKARTA (JP): All Brazilian citizens living in Indonesia are
reminded to cast their votes in their homeland's general election
on Sunday at the Brazilian Embassy in South Jakarta.

It is to be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the embassy in Mulia
Towers, Jl. Gatot Subroto. Voting is an obligation for all
Brazilians aged 18 and over.

"The vote in Brazil is obligatory by law. All citizens must
vote," said Jose Joacir dos Santos, the embassy's cultural
attache. About 100 people are expected to vote here.

Of the 10 presidential candidates from 34 freely organized
political parties, three front-runners are Fernando Henrique
Cardoso of the Social Democracy Party, Inacio Lula da Silva of
the Labor Party and Ciro Gomes of the coalition.

Fifty-three percent of voters in Brazil, which has a
population of 200 million, will vote by computer and the rest
will do it manually. (ylt)