Council candidates list incomplete

BOGOR: Bogor General Elections Commission (KPU Bogor) returned on Tuesday the lists of 525 council candidates submitted by the 24 competing political parties as the number of candidates is fewer than half of the expected 1,320 candidates.

"Moreover, most of the candidates have not met the administrative requirements and nearly all of the political parties failed to meet the recommended 30 percent allocation for women," KPU Bogor chairman Rajab Tampubolon said.

He added that only the Indonesian National Party (PNI)'s list was dominated by women candidates. Up to 56 percent of its candidates are women.

The commission, said Tampubolon, expected the political parties to fulfill all of the requirements and to resubmit the lists by Jan. 20 at the latest, as the names will be made public the week after. -- JP