Councillor faces diploma trouble

Councillor faces diploma trouble

TANGERANG: The Tangerang municipal Election Supervisory
Committee (Panwaslu) announced on Tuesday that one of 45
councillors voted into office in the April 5 legislative election
might not be allowed to take her seat in the council because she
allegedly used a fake diploma in applying for the election.

"The councilor representing the Cileduk and Larangan districts
allegedly used fake documents in her application," Panwaslu
deputy chairman Syafril Elain said on Tuesday.

He said the election committee had received reports that the
councillor from the Golkar Party did not graduate from state high
school SMA 20 in Central Jakarta in 1984, as she claimed in her
application.

"We will ask the councillor and Golkar Party branch executives
to clarify the matter," Syafril said. -- JP