KPU officials fired for vote mark-up

DONGGALA, Central Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi General Election Commission (KPU) has fired the chief of Donggala Municipality KPU Abdullah Malabang and his four subordinates for vote markup in the July 5 legislative election.

Dharma Sallata Putra, a member of Central Sulawesi KPU, said that the decision followed the recent verdict by the local district court, found the five officials guilty for marking up votes in the legislative election.

In the legislative election, the five officials were found to have changed National Mandate Party (PAN) official votes to 17,027 from 7,027, so that it allowed the PAN candidate a seat in the House of Representatives (DPR). -- JP