Parties protest poster design

Parties protest poster design

YOGYAKARTA (JP): The Election Supervisory Committee here sent
a written reminder to the local office of the Ministry of
Information for issuing posters containing party logos which
differed from those on ballot papers.

The committee demanded that the posters be withdrawn, saying
they could confuse illiterate voters.

Suyono Suharjo of the committee said the reminder was sent
following the request of the township's election committee.

"They said they have received many complaints from political
parties," Suyono said.

An estimated 5,000 posters from the ministry have been
distributed across the country. Among complaints were that the
posters contained a different layout from the ballot papers. They
said this could cause confusion, especially for parties which
have promoted their logos by referring to the layout of six logos
across and eight logos down, according to the ballot papers.
(swa)