KPU to summon SBY campaign team

SURABAYA: The East Java General Elections Commission will immediately summon the chairman of the Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Jusuf Kalla campaign team, in order to seek information on the alleged involvement of a civil servant in the team.

The civil servant in question is Fandi Utomo, a lecturer at state-run Surabaya Technical Institute (ITS).

Sukemi, a spokesman for the institute, confirmed that Fandi was a civil servant with the institute, but quickly added that Fandi had already tendered his resignation.

A General Elections Commission decree rules that civil servants, military and police personnel are barred from becoming members of campaign teams in the presidential election. -- Antara