Kutai Kartanegara to have new regent

Kutai Kartanegara to have new regent

KUTAI KARTANEGARA, East Kalimantan: Pair Syaukani and Syamsuri,
who won the Kutai Kartanegara regental election, are slated to be
installed on Wednesday here. The inauguration ceremony will be
tightly guarded by police personnel as the ceremony will be
attended by some 6,000 officials from both the central and local
government. The tight security measure was also necessary because
the vote counting was marred by public protests over alleged poll
fraud.

The pair will be the first regent and deputy regent officially
installed following the direct regional elections in the country.
The direct election in Kutai Kartanegara, which took place on
June 1, was the first direct election in the country's history.

Adj. Sr. Comr. Supriyanto said on Tuesday that the Kutai
police would deploy some 1,420 personnel to safeguard the
ceremony. -- JP