KPU to screen supervisory members

KPU to screen supervisory members

Ramlan Surbakti, the deputy chairman of the General Elections
Commission (KPU), said on Friday that the commission would begin
the screening process of supervisory committee candidates between
April 12 and April 19.

"We have submitted letters to the National Police and the
Attorney General's Office, requesting them to nominate their
personnel as supervisory committee candidates," he said.

KPU is also selecting election commission members in the
country's 30 provinces and over 400 regencies.

The members of the central supervisory committee is to
comprise nine representatives taken from the National Police,
prosecutors, academicians, members of the press and community
members.

Ramlan said each member must be nonpartisan to ensure the
independence of the committee, and that all should be given leave
of absence from their jobs during their commitment with the
committee.

The central supervisory committee will then select members of
the supervisory committee at the provincial level, and the
provincial level will elect members for regental committee, and
so on until the district level.

Election supervisors are responsible for monitoring the
election process at every voting booth, including counting the
ballots.

The number of supervisory committee members at the provincial
level will vary depending on the population of the province.
Provinces that have over 10 million people are required to have a
seven-member committee, while those with a population of less
than 10 million are to have a five-member committee.

The KPU plans to screen and select members of the central
supervisory committee on April 19; the provincial on May 13; the
regental and municipal on June 5; and the district on June 20. --
JP