TV stations want warning revoked

TV stations want warning revoked

JAKARTA: The Association of Indonesian Private Television
Stations (ATVSI) called on the General Elections Commission (KPU)
and Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) on Monday to revoke
a warning letter issued against several TV stations on March 23.

Seven television stations, including state-owned TVRI, were
reprimanded last week for violating a joint agreement between the
KPU and KPI on election ads. The seven TV stations were TPI,
Indosiar, MetroTV, TV7, Lativi, ANteve and TVRI.

The joint agreement says that each TV station is allowed to
broadcast at the most 10 slots of a 30-second duration each per
party daily.

The KPU and the KPI accused the seven TV stations of violating
the agreement.

ATVSI, however, argued that the joint decision was not
stipulated in Law No. 12/2003 on the general election and thus it
was not binding.

The association also urged both the KPU and the KPI to revoke
the agreement and withdraw the warning. --JP