Governor satisfied with registration

Governor satisfied with registration

JAKARTA (JP): Governor Sutiyoso expressed his satisfaction on
Wednesday with the many Jakartans registering for the June 7
general election.

He said 65 percent of all eligible voters had registered by
Tuesday.

"This is spectacular. I believe the figure is the highest
compared to other provinces," he told officials of polling bodies
being given funds for their operational costs.

According to the governor, the number of registrants had
reached 3.65 million or 65.29 percent of the total number as of
Tuesday.

However, his figure was a bit different from data from the
Jakarta Provincial Elections Committee (PPD I), which recorded
3.48 million registrants, or 59.18 percent of eligible voters as
of Wednesday morning, according to PPD I staffer Mulyono.

Mulyono could not explain the data disparities. "I don't know
why it is different, maybe the governor takes data from other
sources, like mayoralty offices. But as far as I know PPD I is
the only body responsible for collecting registration data."

Sutiyoso said he was especially grateful to people involved in
the poll preparations that had made good progress although they
have not been paid.

"I was surprised that there have not yet been payments to
these people," he said.

On Wednesday, Sutiyoso handed over Rp 3.9 billion from the
city budget for the elections committees. Of this, Rp 937.75
million was for PPD I, Rp 1 billion for five Regional Elections
Committees, Rp 430 million for 43 District Polling Committees
(PPK), and Rp 1.59 billion for 265 Subdistrict Polling Committees
(PPS).

The funds were part of Rp 10 billion allocated for the
elections. (ind)