Civil servants can become councillors

Civil servants can become councillors

JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) ruled on
Monday that active civil servants who were elected members of
local legislative councils can be sworn in.

But before being installed, the councillors-elect must show
three letters from their superiors stating that they were giving
up their positions, a KPU statement said.

"The civil servants concerned have to submit three letters
stating that, first, that they are in the process of quitting
their positions, second, they are no longer on their offices'
payrolls and, third, they are no longer active as civil
servants," the statement said. -- JP