Parties may be barred from campaigning

Parties may be barred from campaigning

AMBON, Maluku: Maluku General Election Commission (KPUD) warned
eight political parties in the province on Wednesday that they
may lose their right to campaign in the upcoming general
elections.

"The deadline is Wednesday midnight, but up until Wednesday
morning, the eight parties had not yet registered the names of
their campaigners with the KPUD," said Idrus Tatuhey, the
chairman of the Maluku province's KPUD.

"If they fail to meet the deadline, they will be barred from
campaigning in the election campaign period from March 11 to
April 1," Idrus said, referring to KPU regulation No. 701.

He said that if they ignored the measures and insisted on
campaigning, they would be charged with violating election
regulations.

The eight political parties are the National Mandate Party,
the Freedom Party, Prosperous Peace Party, Pioneers Party,
Prosperous Justice Party, the New Indonesia Alliance Party, the
Concern for the Nation Functional Party and the Indonesian Unity
Party. -- JP