Nine candidates set for KPU supervisory board

Nine candidates set for KPU supervisory board

The Jakarta Post, Jakarta

The General Elections Commission (KPU) on Monday announced nine
candidates for the three remaining seats on the General Election
Supervisory Committee, and called on the public to provide inputs
on those names.

KPU member Hamid Awaluddin said his office would hold a fit
and proper test to screen the candidates on Thursday this week.

The nine candidates feature prominent names like legal expert
Harkristuti Harkrisnowo from the University of Indonesia, Muslim
scholar Komaruddin Hidayat from the Jakarta Islamic University,
Rev. Saut Sirait from the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI),
Rustam Ibrahim from the Institute of Economic and Social
Research, Education and Information (LP3ES), Aceh's Syah Kuala
University lecturer Naimah Hassan, Nurjannah of Muslim
organization Nasyiatul Aisiyah in Yogyakarta, Zuraini Djamal
Irwan a lecturer at Trisakti University in Jakarta, and lecturer
Saldi Isra of the West Sumatra Andalas University and Sirra
Prajuna from the Independent Committee for Election Monitoring
(KIPP).

They would fill the remaining three seats that were left
vacant after only three of the 22 candidates met the criteria to
sit on the supervisory committee. They were legislator Didik
Supriyanto, human rights activist Rozy Munir, and legal expert
Topo Santoso. These three had been screened from a list of 517
names who registered themselves for the position.

The supervisory committee will be an independent body in
charge of monitoring the transparency and fairness of the 2004
general elections.

By law, the committee must consists of nine members, six of
which should be selected from the public. The other three seats
have been reserved for the police and officials of the Attorney
General's Office.

Hamid said the police had not submitted a candidate as yet
while the Attorney General's Office had nominated only one name,
Masyhudi.

"We hope the selection can be completed as soon as possible,"
he told a press briefing.