Companies agree to print ballot papers
Companies agree to print ballot papers
Moch. N. Kurniawan, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The General Elections Commission (KPU) announced on Friday that
it had sealed a deal with 18 companies for 660 million ballot
papers at Rp 275 per ballot paper as set by the commission.
KPU member Mulyana W. Kusuma said seven companies would need
to start printing 324 million ballot papers immediately for the
election of members to the House of Representatives and Regional
Representatives Council.
PT Temprina Media Grafika, PT Pabelan Cerdas Nusantara, state-
owned Printing Company (PNRI), CV Aneka Ilmu, PT Pundimas Putra
Indojaya, PT Madju Medan Cipta and PT Balai Pustaka must deliver
the ballot papers to all regencies and mayoralties by March 15.
The printing schedule for the provincial and regental/mayoral
legislative election has not yet been set, Mulyana said.
Pundi Mas director Untung Sastrawijaya admitted he remained in
the dark about its responsibility in the printing order.
"If we receive the film and the order to print tomorrow, we
can begin printing on Sunday," he said.
He said Pundi Mas could print 20,000 ballot papers per hour
with a maximum work day of 20 hours.
Temprina spokesman Mufti Mubarok said the company had received
an order for 43 million papers. The PNRI has a print order of 47
million papers, Pabean 26 million and Aneka Ilmu 23 million. The
two remaining companies are each to print less than 5 percent of
the ballot papers required.
Earlier in the day, the KPU announced that three local ink
companies, Print Color, Cipta Tora Utama and Mega Buana
International, would produce 84,000 bottles of indelible ink,
each containing 30 millimeters.
"The locally made ink will be used in several regencies in
Aceh, Bangka Belitung, the Riau Islands, Bali, Central
Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, Gorontalo, North Maluku and West
Irian Jaya," said KPU member Rusadi Kantaprawira, chairman of the
ink tender committee.
He said the other 1.14 million bottles of indelible ink would
be imported from India or Singapore by KPU-sanctioned importers
PT Fulcomas Jaya, PT Lina Permai, PT Mustika Indra Mas and PT
Wahgo International.
Fulcomas will import 285,739 bottles at Rp 8.3 billion, which
will be distributed to Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Banten, East
Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi, East Nusa
Tenggara, Bengkulu and Lampung.
Lina Permai will import 282,485 bottles at Rp 8.32 billion for
use in West Java, West Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, Maluku, West
Sumatra and Riau.
Mustika will import 287,316 bottles at Rp 8.34 billion for use
in Central Java, South Sulawesi, Jambi and Papua.
Wahgo will import 285,102 bottles at Rp 8.27 billion, destined
for East Java, West Nusa Tenggara and North Sumatra.