Kutai set for direct election

Kutai set for direct election

KUTAI, East Kalimantan: An official with the Kutai Kartanegara
local election commission said on Tuesday that Kutai Kartanegara
was ready for the upcoming direct election for regent. Residents
of Kutai Kartanegara will elect the region's new chief executive
on June 1.

"The preparations are 90 percent completed. All election
supplies, such as ballot papers, have been distributed to
subdistrict poll officials, except for the ink," said Rinda
Desianti, chief of the logistics section of the Kutai Kartanegara
General Elections Commission (KPU).

Over 370,000 voters will be eligible to vote in the direct
local leadership election, the first ever in Kutai Kartanegara's
history. There are three pairs of candidates vying for the
offices of regent and vice regent in the election, which will
also be the first in the country's history.

Desianti estimated that all poll supplies will have been
distributed to polling stations by May 21. -- JP