Panwaslu handles 31 poll violations

Panwaslu handles 31 poll violations

PALU, Central Sulawesi: The Central Sulawesi branch of the
Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) has handled 31 poll
violations from January to March.

Aminuddin Kasim, chairman of Central Sulawesi's Panwaslu, said
the 31 cases consisted of six crimes, five administrative
violations, 14 disputes and six other cases that could not be
followed up on because of a lack of evidence.

Central Sulawesi's Panwaslu handled 14 cases, the Palu
mayoralty's Panwaslu six cases, Donggala regency six cases and
the Banggai, Morowali and Buol regencies one case each.

The six criminal cases were investigated by the police. "Most
of these involved forged diplomas," he said.

Administrative violations generally consisted of the failure
of legislative candidates to complete all the administrative
requirements.

The disputes included internal disputes between legislative
candidates of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-
P). -- JP