KPU, TV stations ink cooperation

JAKARTA: The General Elections Commission (KPU) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday with five television stations to advertise the 2004 elections.

The five TV stations are Trans TV, SCTV, TV7, TVRI and Metro-TV. This is expected to be followed with an MoU with TPI, AnTV and Lativi.

The MoU requires the KPU to provide facilities and information on the elections to the TV stations, while the TV stations will help the KPU inform the public about the elections.

"The signing of this MoU will be followed by the making of various education-entertainment programs on the elections so that the public will not be anxious about the process," KPU member Valina Singka Subekti said. -- JP