KPUD seeks emergency funds

KPUD seeks emergency funds

BANDUNG: With the passage of a presidential decree on emergency
poll funds, the West Java General Elections Commission (KPUD)
will request Rp 17 billion (US$2.2 million) from the provincial
government.

The Rp 17 billion in emergency funds will be used to educate
people on how to vote and to pay members of election committees
across West Java.

Radar Tri Baskoro, the chairman of the West Java KPUD, said on
Tuesday the money would allow the KPUD to work until it is
disbanded in October this year.

West Java Governor Danny Setiawan said his government was
ready to disburse the funds, which will be taken from the budget
of the West Java provincial government.

The provincial administration has allocated Rp 200 billion in
its 2004 budget for emergency purposes, including during the
elections.

The West Java KPUD has received financing from the central
General Elections Commission, but the members said the funding
was insufficient to cover its expenditures.-- JP