Two poll commission officials in Central Java dismissed

Two poll commission officials in Central Java dismissed

Suherdjoko, The Jakarta Post/Semarang

The General Elections Commission (KPU) has dismissed two of its
members in Central Java for breaching the institution's code of
ethics, a local poll official announced on Friday.

The two fired members were Sarilan M. Ali of the Karanganyar
regental election commission and Yudhia Patria of the Purbalingga
regental poll commission.

"We received the decisions on the dismissals on Wednesday and
have delivered them to the respective members," Central Java
General Elections Commission chairwoman Fitriyah said.

However, she refused to describe the code of ethics violations
committed by the two dismissed members.

"The KPU has its own code of ethics, which, among other
things, is related to its function and role in organizing
elections. The two removed members were considered to have acted
beyond their function and role," Fitriyah said.

She said that under Law No. 12/2003 on elections, KPU members
would be replaced if they violated their oath and code of ethics,
and if they died.

Fitriyah said the dismissals followed reports on the
evaluation on the performance of all commission members in
Central Java, which were submitted by her office to the central
KPU office in Jakarta.

She said the two members' dismissals were effective this
month.

The Karanganyar and Purbalingga regental poll commissions
currently have only four members respectively after each losing
one.

The two members will be replaced after the Sept. 20
presidential election runoff, Fitriyah said.