Campaign teams assure peaceful election

Campaign teams assure peaceful election

BATAM, Riau Islands: Riau Islands provincial police signed on
Friday a peace agreement with the campaign managers for a group
of governor candidates in the province as a direct election
approaches.

Through the agreement, the campaign teams agreed that they
would work to prevent any conflict ahead of the election. The
agreement was signed by chief of Riau Islands province Sr. Comr.
Anton Bachrul Alam and representatives of three campaign teams.

The fear of violent clashes between supporters of each
candidate is very real. Just a few weeks ago, supporters of
canditates Ismeth Abdullah and Nyat Kadir engaged in a violent
brawl. -- JP