PKB candidate protested

PKB candidate protested

YOGYAKARTA: The Bantul branch of the National Awakening Party
(PKB) filed a protest with the party's Yogyakarta chapter on
Saturday after its candidate was overlooked in the appointment to
the legislature despite winning the most seats for the party.

Head of the PKB's office in Bantul, Mudjab Mahali, decried the
decision to select a Kulonprogo candidate to represent the party
in the House of Representatives despite the fact that Bantul's
candidate received more votes in the June 7 general election.

Mudjab claimed that Bantul representative Purdi E. Chandra
should have been chosen because he won 87,364 votes, while Ali
As'ad in Kulonprogo only obtained 42,000 votes.

"It's the Bantul candidate who should be appointed to
represent Yogyakarta," he said, adding that their objection was
in compliance with existing regulations. (swa/emf)