Regency committees refuse campaign schedule

Regency committees refuse campaign schedule

MATARAM, West Nusa Tenggara: The regency election committees
across the province have rejected a campaigning schedule drawn up
by the provincial elections committee because of its severe time
limitation.

Chief of the Central Lombok committee M. Ikrom told reporters
on Monday that each of the 37 parties registered here were given
only five rounds of campaigning, Antara reported.

Ikrom, who is also a representative of People's Sovereignty
Party (PDR), said the parties had twice met and now agreed to
hold seven rounds of campaigning instead.

The chairman of the provincial election committee, M.
Taqiuddin, separately said his office would agree to changes as
long as they did not cause problems. (swe)