---------------------------------------------------------- FREE for JOIN Indonesia Daily News Online via EMAIL: go to: http://www.indo-news.com/subscribe.html - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - FREE - Please Visit Our Sponsor http://www.indo-news.com/cgi-bin/ads1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ANTARA, July 27 1999 Election-returns: Supervisory Body repudiates KPU's Action Jakarta, July 26 (ANTARA) - The Central General Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) has formally repudiated the General Election Commission (KPU)'s action in putting the question of validating the final returns of the June 7 polls in the hands of President BJ Habibie after 27 political parties had refused to endorse them. "The KPU's action is a violation of provisions in the law on general elections (No 3/1999) and Government Regulation No 33/1999 on the law's implementation," the Panwaslu said in a letter it had faxed to the president, according to Panwaslu first secretary Moh Adhy S. "In the letter signed by Panwaslu chairman Soedarko we expressed our objections to the course of action taken by the KPU," he said. "In addition, that act tends to eliminate the positive efforts made by all involved in the organization of the general election from village to central levels, and also the millions of voters," Adhy said quoting parts of the committee's letter. The Panwaslu had also noted that the KPU had let down the millions of voters who had shown their political maturity, enthusiasm and active participation in the general election. "By referring the problem to the president, the KPU is denying its own existence as the institution empowered to officially declare the general election results," Adhy said. Illegal KPU Decision Panwaslu also took issue with the KPU's action in issuing its decision No. 141/1999 on the methods to be used in validating results of the vote count. In formulating the decision the KPU had ignored stipulations in Government Regulation No. 33/1999 was implemented as it should be. Meanwhile, Panwaslu had also asked the parties that had refused to endorse the election returns to give clarifications on the reasons of their refusal and if they objected because violations had been committed, they had to specify what kind of violations, who had committed them and who had suffered by them. <T.PTU-10/NN-08?int-AJM-23:40/nn-03> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Didistribusikan tgl. 2 Aug 1999 jam 05:02:57 GMT+1 oleh: Indonesia Daily News Online <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.Indo-News.com/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
