KPU consults with KPPU over monopoly

KPU consults with KPPU over monopoly

JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) has consulted with the Business Competition Supervisory Commission (KPPU) to anticipate the possible monopoly in the voter registration paper tender.

KPU member Hamid Awaluddin said on Monday, after the consultation with KPPU member Tajudin Nursyaid, that the KPU had promised the monopoly would not take place in the tender.

He said the KPU had allowed all bidders to obtain raw materials from either local or foreign suppliers or both, thus preventing certain producers from holding a monopoly.

The KPU has been criticized for holding tenders for the election, instead of assigning the jobs to its secretariat as commonly practiced by other state institutions.

There are more than 143 million registered voters for the 2004 election. --JP