DPD hopeful charged with falsifying data

DPD hopeful charged with falsifying data

MANADO, North Sulawesi: A prosecutor indicted on Thursday local
resident Adnan for falsifying data while registering as a
Regional Representative Council (DPD) candidate.

The trial, perhaps the first on election procedure violations,
is being held in Manado District Court.

In the indictment, prosecutor Hans Kayadu said that defendant
Adnan, 54, wrote on a registration form he filed with the North
Sulawesi General Election Commission in August that he was not
active in any political party.

But investigation by the commission found that he was listed
as a Reform Star Party (PBR) expert staff member.

He was taken to court based on a lawsuit filed by the local
North Sulawesi Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu).

The prosecutor said the defendant had violated Article 137 of
Law No. 12 on general elections. The article carries a maximum
sentence of 18 months in jail. -- JP