Committees deny poll watchers' vote

Committees deny poll watchers' vote

MEDAN, North Sumatra: Out of 8,500 volunteers of the
University Network for Free and Fair Elections (Unfrel) in North
Sumatra, 1,700 failed to vote because they were rejected by local
polling committees.

"A number of polling committees in various districts in the
province, without any clear reason, prohibited Unfrel volunteers
from voting," coordinator of Unfrel's North Sumatra chapter,
Destanul Aulia, said Tuesday, Antara reported.

Aulia said 20 percent of the volunteers showed their
registration slips, identity cards and Unfrel identity cards.

The failure of UNFREL volunteers to vote could have been
prevented if the Provincial Elections Committee coordinated with
the lower elections committees, he said.