Party goes on line

Party goes on line

JAKARTA: Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) member
Didik Supriyanto said over the weekend that a political party had
benefited from the absence of regulations on campaigning on the
Internet.

Didik, an editor at detikcom, said that the Prosperous Peace
Party (PDS) had put banner ads on the detikcom news portal in the
absence of any regulation against it.

"There is no regulation on Internet campaigning, so we cannot
take action," Didik said at a discussion organized by the
Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) here on Saturday.

Article 73 of the Election Law says that printed and
electronic media is to give equal space and time to political
parties for campaigning purposes.

Didik disclosed that the PDS was ready to drop the banner ads
should the KPU object to them.

According to the KPU, only radio and television stations are
considered electronic media. - JP

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