Many parties may not pass factual verification

Many parties may not pass factual verification

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

Many political parties might not be able to pass the field
verifications by the General Elections Commission (KPU),
according one member.

Mulyana W. Kusumah, a KPU member chairing the commission's
party verification team, said in Surakarta, Central Java on
Friday that many political parties had not yet submitted the
required documents to regental/municipality elections commission
(KPUDs).

"Surakarta can become a good indicator. If many parties have
not yet submitted their documents in this city, what about other
cities?" Mulyana was quoted by Antara as saying.

Only 27 of 46 parties had submitted their required documents
with the Surakarta KPUD, 20 in Klaten, Central Java, and over 30
in Yogyakarta, Mulyana said.

The parties have until Nov. 20 to submit those documents.

KPU members have started visiting regencies/municipalities in
12 provinces to witness the factual verification on political
parties and regional representative candidates.

The field verification will end on Nov. 20 and
regental/municipalities and provincial KPUDs must report the
results to KPU by Nov. 30.

KPU will hold plenary meetings between Nov. 30 and Dec. 1
before announcing the political parties that are eligible to
contest next year's election on Dec. 2.

Field verifications for regional representative candidates
will end on Nov. 23. KPU will announce regional representative
candidates that pass a factual screening on Dec. 9.

Mulyana said that eight regional representative hopefuls had
passed the factual screening process in Central Java and
Yogyakarta respectively.

"This is a good sign in comparison with those in Jakarta, West
Java, and Banten, who must improve their documents," he said.

Mulyana said earlier that all 73 regional representative
candidates in Jakarta must improve their documents during the
factual screening.

Most of them submitted fake identity cards of their supporters
and/or copies of ID cards without the consent of the owners.