NGOs want KPUD head dismissal

TANGERANG: Some 200 activists of 10 non-govermental organisations staged a rally on Thursday at the Tangerang municipal council, demanding the dismissal of the Tangerang General Elections Committee (KPUD) chairman.

NGO Komunike chairman Imron Hamami said the KPUD chairman Adi Warman had been uncooperative in implementing change and dishonest in the use of the KPUD budget.

"We sent letters to the KPU in Jakarta, the Banten Provincial commission, the Tangerang Council and the mayor to demand the dismissal of Adi from his position on Oct. 10, 2003. However, we got no response until today," he said.

Council deputy chairman Burhanunddin met the activists and said the council would deliver the demands to the KPU because "it was the people's aspiration".

"We can't dismiss the KPUD chairman. Only the KPU can do that," he said. -- JP