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9816
Wed, 06/11/2008 - 16:05
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GOVT, DPR LEAVE DECISION ON ELECTION SCHEDULE TO KPU
Jakarta, June 11 (ANTARA) - The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) fully leave the schedule of next year's general election to the General Election Commission (KPU) to decide, KPU chairman Hafiz Anshari said here on Wednesday.
Hafiz said the KPU had decided at a plenary meeting to conduct the general election on Sunday, April 5, 2009, but several parties had raised objections to the date and asked for a change.
According to Hafiz, the objections were discussed with the House Commission II and the government, and the discussion ended with their agreement to leave the poll's schedule fully to the KPU to decide.
Therefore, he said, the KPU was planning to change the election schedule from April 5 to either April 8 or 9, 2009.
Hafiz said the KPU had decided at a plenary meeting to conduct the general election on Sunday, April 5, 2009, but several parties had raised objections to the date and asked for a change.
According to Hafiz, the objections were discussed with the House Commission II and the government, and the discussion ended with their agreement to leave the poll's schedule fully to the KPU to decide.
Therefore, he said, the KPU was planning to change the election schedule from April 5 to either April 8 or 9, 2009.
