Ismeth wins in Riau election

Ismeth wins in Riau election

BATAM, Riau Islands: Riau Islands Elections Committee has
officially finished vote counting and named Ismeth Abdullah as
the candidate gaining most of the votes in the election for the
province's governor.

"If we looked at people's participation in the election on
June 30, it was very low. But this will not affect the final
result of the election. Besides, voting is one's rights; it's up
to the people whether they want to exercise it or not," said Dean
Tealta, the committee chairperson.

The committee would officially announce the result three days
after the completion of vote counting on Thursday night.

"If there's no claims of violations from other candidates,
then the ones gaining most votes will be declared as the
election's winners," Dean said. -- JP