Registration for observers extended

Registration for observers extended

JAKARTA: Independent observers for the July 5 presidential
election still have time to register with the General Elections
Commission (KPU) because the commission has extended the
registration period.

In a statement made available to The Jakarta Post on Monday,
the commission said it had decided to move the deadline from May
28 to June 15 at 4 p.m. "The extension is aimed at giving more
time to foreign and local observers who haven't signed up yet,"
it said.

To date, 26 local independent observers and eight foreign
monitoring teams have registered with the KPU. Registration
opened on April 30. -- JP