NGOs educate voters

NGOs educate voters

JAKARTA: Non-governmental organizations grouped in the Media
Coalition for Free and Fair Elections kicked off their election
information dissemination program at the subdistrict level on
Friday.

The first program, called the democratic town hall meeting,
took place at the Senen subdistrict office in Central Jakarta and
was attended by around 100 participants from other subdistricts.

Coalition executive Sopril Amir said similar programs would be
held in two other subdistricts, but did not specify where.

The coalition has also organized similar programs in the
cities of Medan, Bandung, Makassar, Semarang and Surabaya.

Some speakers in the program said the upcoming general
elections would be different from the previous ones and advised
the audience to exercise their right to vote.

The coalition members comprise the Independent Journalists
Alliance (AJI), Institute of Makassar Mass Media and Information
Studies (Elsim), Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of
Information (ISAI), Southeast Asian Press Alliance (Seapa)
Jakarta and the Science, Esthetics and Technology Foundation
(Yayasan SET). -- JP