Sun, 20 Jun 2004

Workers may miss chance to vote

GORONTALO, Gorontalo: Most workers of Rajawali sugar plant here may not be able to exercise their right to vote in the presidential election as they do not hold identity cards, nor transmigration letters.

Gorontalo Elections Commission chairman Yasin Tuloli said on Saturday that only 10 percent of 1,300 workers employed by the firm possessed the documents.

"We can't do anything as they do not meet the requirements to vote. Besides, we already ran out of voter cards," said Yasin.

-- Antara