Governor demands contingency plan

Governor demands contingency plan

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Regents and mayors in the province
should prepare contingency plans to anticipate the late arrival
of ballot boxes from Jakarta, East Kalimantan Governor Suwarna AF
said.

Suwarna has asked the central General Elections Commission
(KPU) to send the province ballot boxes by the end of February at
the latest.

"If they can't do it, then we should produce ballot boxes
ourselves. The election in the province cannot be delayed," said
Suwarna.

The ballot boxes had to reach polling stations at least 10
days before general election was held, he said. The elections for
the legislature will be held on April 5.

According to data from the East Kalimantan KPU, the province
will have 7,235 polling stations. Each polling station has four
ballot boxes and one polling booth.

The province has 13 mayoralty and regency governments. -- JP