KPU should popularize elections

KPU should popularize elections

From Media Indonesia

A survey conducted by Cetro, a non-government organization, has shown the greater part of the population remains uninformed about how to vote in the general elections, which will take place in less than 100 days.

This lack of public knowledge is due to the low profile methods adopted to promote the 2004 election by the General Elections Commission (KPU). Unless the KPU promptly communicates the election technicalities to people across the country, the results of the balloting are likely to be unsatisfactory.

The KPU should cooperate with the government, whose organizational structures cover all levels down to the grassroots, in an intensive drive to inform the public of what to do when going to the polls.

With an intense public relations campaign all citizens will at least be more enthusiastic about this democratic event, and its outcome will hopefully reach the nation's expectations.

SULASTRI Tangerang, Banten