Megawati breaches campaign rules: KPUD

Megawati breaches campaign rules: KPUD

JAKARTA: The Central Jakarta General Elections Commission
(KPUD) has accused presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri
of violating campaign rules by holding an unscheduled campaign
event on Sunday.

About 500 supporters of Megawati, who is the incumbent
President, grouped in the Mega-Hasyim Betawi Center, visited the
Karet Bivak cemetery in Central Jakarta along with Megawati's
husband Taufik Kiemas and legislator Soetardjo Soeryogoeritno.

KPUD monitoring team member Haris Sumantri said the event was
in violation of campaign rules because there were calls to vote
for a certain presidential candidate during the visit to the
cemetery, while Megawati was not scheduled to campaign in Jakarta
on Sunday.

Pro-Megawati banners and posters were also carried by people
taking part in the event, he added. -- Antara