ID stickers to be issued for campaigners' cars

ID stickers to be issued for campaigners' cars

JAKARTA (JP): Police will issue official car stickers, in the
political parties' colors, to campaigners for the general
election campaign period.

City Police spokesman Lt. Col. E. Aritonang said yesterday the
compulsory stickers were green, for the Moslem-based United
Development Party (PPP), yellow, for the ruling Golkar, and red,
for the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI).

Polling day is May 29.

The stickers, each bearing a code number, will allow
campaigners to travel in only one of the eight areas of Greater
Jakarta.

Aritonang said the stickers for campaigners' cars were to stop
supporters of one party in one area, entering another area during
the campaign period.

Golkar supporters with Central Jakarta stickers on their cars,
for example, will not be allowed to go to Golkar campaign
activities in other areas.

"By limiting mass gatherings of supporters in an area, we hope
the campaigning will run in an orderly manner," Aritonang said.

He said the codes on the stickers would be different for each
of the eight areas.

Central Jakarta will be coded one; North, two; West, three;
South, four; East, five; Tangerang, six; Bekasi, seven; and
Depok, eight.

Each party was to see that law and order are maintained during
the campaign, Aritonang said.

"Each party is responsible for its supporters," he said.

Police would help control all the activities during the
campaigns and impose sanctions on campaigners who violate
regulations, Aritonang said.

Thousands of police officers have been preparing for the
campaign.

City Police Chief Maj. Gen. Hamami Nata yesterday inspected
his fully armed men, they have 127 cars and 476 motorcycles for
the campaign period.

Hamami asked them to do their utmost to ensure the campaigns
run well, and to prevent crime.

"We are in a war against crime," he said.

Hamami said each officer should catch one criminal a week. (04)