Disabled rally against KPU

Disabled rally against KPU

JAKARTA: Dozens of people with physical disabilities staged a
rally on Monday in front of the Constitutional Court to protest
the General Elections Commission's (KPU) health criteria for
presidential candidates, which they said was discriminatory.

The protesters, part of the Disabled Anti-discrimination
National Front, said KPU ruling No. 26/2004 on registration
guidelines for presidential candidates and ruling No. 37/2004 on
candidate health examinations discriminated against the
handicapped.

In a statement, the protesters said the rulings had stripped
them of their political rights and held the KPU, the Indonesian
Doctors Association (IDI) and the Supreme Court responsible. --
JP