KPK examining wealth of candidates

JAKARTA: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is currently in the process of examining the wealth reports of the presidential and vice presidential candidates.

"We have obtained the documents from the legal counsels of presidential candidates Hamzah Haz and vice presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla," said KPK deputy chairman Erry Riyana Hardjapamekas on Tuesday.

The commission also will examine the wealth reports of the other presidential and vice presidential candidates. -- JP

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Wiranto to form coalition cabinet

JAKARTA: Presidential candidate Wiranto has said that if elected his cabinet would represent a coalition of the Golkar Party, the National Awakening Party (PKB) and other parties, a senior Golkar official said on Tuesday.

Bomer Pasaribu, a member of Wiranto's campaign team, said that Wiranto would form a coalition cabinet.

He said Golkar would get two ministerial posts, the PKB would get one and two posts would be offered to parties that strongly contributed to Wiranto's victory, said Bomer. -- Antara

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Susilo, Kalla to deploy 1m witnesses

BENGKULU: Jusuf Kalla, the running mate of presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, said on Tuesday his campaign team would deploy one million poll witnesses across the archipelago for the July 5 presidential election.

"The poll witnesses are currently being trained in their respective regions and they are ready to be deployed to poll stations nationwide on July 5," said Kalla while campaigning in Bengkulu.

The presence of witnesses will be crucial for preventing poll rigging in the election, he said. -- Antara

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Amien to prioritize transportation

JAYAPURA, Papua: Siswono Yudohusodo, the running mate of Amien Rais, said on Tuesday that if elected, Amien would prioritize the transportation sector in Papua, the country's easternmost and least developed province.

Siswono said a good transportation system was vital for the mountainous Papua province.

"The transportation sector is the key to development in Papua. If the problem of transportation can be addressed in Papua, people in remote areas will no longer be isolated and their economic status will improve, which would in turn improve the standard of living for Papuans as a whole," Siswono said. -- JP