Kalla's presence a violation for Golkar

JAYAPURA, Papua: The Golkar Party has been rebuked for inviting Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Jusuf Kalla to campaign in Jayapura, Papua province.

The Papua General Elections Commission (KPUD) argued on Monday that the presence of Kalla violated campaign regulations because Golkar had not listed him as one of its national campaigners in the province.

The reprimand was supported by the province's Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu).

"The presence of Jusuf Kalla in Jayapura during the campaign violates campaign regulations because he is not one of campaigners reported by Golkar Party in Papua," KPUD member Yohanis G. Bonay said on Monday.

He said that only Golkar chairman Akbar Tanjung and presidential hopeful Surya Paloh were registered to the KPUD as the party's national campaigners in Papua. --JP