Govt to verify 237 new parties

Govt to verify 237 new parties

JAKARTA: The government has set up two teams to examine the
237 new political parties that have registered themselves with
the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihsa Mahendra said
here on Tuesday that the two teams had been formed in cooperation
with the Ministry of Home Affairs and would begin the vetting
process next month.

Yusril explained that the vetting was aimed at selecting those
new parties that had satisfied the requirements of Law No.
31/2002 on political parties.

"Following the selection process, we will announce the names
of the political parties that will be recognized by the
government," he said.

Ramly Hutabarat, who will lead the selection teams, said that
the new parties' executive boards would be examined by 80
officials from the two ministries while their provincial and
regency chapters would be verified by the two ministries'
provincial, regency and municipality offices. --Antara