Samarinda polls to cost Rp 13b

Samarinda polls to cost Rp 13b

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Funds worth a total of Rp 13 billion
(US$1.4 million) have been approved for the direct mayoral
elections in Samarinda next year, an official says.

Part of the Rp 13 billion fund will be earmarked to pay the
salaries of five members of the Samarinda General Election
Commission (KPUD). Each member, who will work for period of one
year, will be paid Rp 4 million a month.

The funds were approved by the KPUD, Samarinda municipal
administration and councillors, Ali Fitri Noor, the city's chief
of finance said. -- JP