Jambi residents asked not to vote

Jambi residents asked not to vote

JAMBI, Jambi: Banners calling for voters to abstain in the
upcoming regional leadership election have been put up in the
city center here.

Women's groups allegedly made similar calls after a female
member of the Golkar Party and her running mate were refused as
candidates for the June 26 gubernatorial election.

"I'm not responsible for the calls not to vote," Azizah Uteng,
who had hoped to run for deputy governor, told The Jakarta Post
on Tuesday.

She said she did not support the calls, since "voting in the
regional election is the right of every person".

Jambi Election Supervisory Committee head M. Thabrani asked
the public to ignore the banners.

"The calls are made by a group of people who want to take
advantage of the situation for their personal interests or those
of a group, they do not represent women's interests," he said. --
JP