U.S. invites KPU to polls in Iraq

U.S. invites KPU to polls in Iraq

JAKARTA: Saying that the General Elections Commission (KPU)
had successfully organized a democratic and transparent election,
the United States invited the commission on Wednesday to provide
technical assistance for the polls in Iraq, expected to take
place in January 2005.

KPU deputy chairman Ramlan Surbakti said after a meeting with
U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph L. Boyce and Congressman James
Leach of the Republic Party that both had asked the commission to
share its experience in organizing what they called a complex
electoral process.

"The visit was to gauge possibilities for KPU to help with
administrative arrangements for the general election in Iraq," he
said. -- JP