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GOVT READY TO ISSUE PERPU TO OVERCOME LAWS HAMPERING ELECTION PROCESS
Jakarta, Dec 27 (ANTARA) - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said the government was ready to issue a Government Regulation in Lieu of Law (Perpu) to overcome problems with laws that could hamper the implementation of general elections.
The president made the remark after a consultation meeting with officials of the General Elections Commission (KPU), General Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) and leaders of state institutions here on Saturday.
Yudhoyono said the government might issue a Perpu to overcome regulations which in the field turned out to cause difficulties for the election process.
The president cited as an example the tight requirements needed for a person to become a member of the Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu).
He said on paper it was an ideal regulation but in the field it posed difficulties because it set tight requirements so that it was not easy to find suitable personnel.
Besides, he said, the other problem was with the regulation which stipulated that a ballot paper would be invalid if it got two check marks during the polls.
"Based on the law, ballot papers with two check marks are invalid whereas it is quite possible that a voter would place a check mark for the party and another one for the candidate," the president said.
He said that the law which stipulated that a ballot paper would be valid if it was ticked with one check mark would be disadvantageous because it could cause many votes to be declared invalid.
"This all could be improved so that no political party would have its interest being harmed," the president said.
The president said that, if there was an emergency situation while there was no time to revise the law, he was ready to issue a Perpu in order to overcome regulations in the law which hampered the implementation of general elections.
The president made the remark after a consultation meeting with officials of the General Elections Commission (KPU), General Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) and leaders of state institutions here on Saturday.
Yudhoyono said the government might issue a Perpu to overcome regulations which in the field turned out to cause difficulties for the election process.
The president cited as an example the tight requirements needed for a person to become a member of the Elections Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu).
He said on paper it was an ideal regulation but in the field it posed difficulties because it set tight requirements so that it was not easy to find suitable personnel.
Besides, he said, the other problem was with the regulation which stipulated that a ballot paper would be invalid if it got two check marks during the polls.
"Based on the law, ballot papers with two check marks are invalid whereas it is quite possible that a voter would place a check mark for the party and another one for the candidate," the president said.
He said that the law which stipulated that a ballot paper would be valid if it was ticked with one check mark would be disadvantageous because it could cause many votes to be declared invalid.
"This all could be improved so that no political party would have its interest being harmed," the president said.
The president said that, if there was an emergency situation while there was no time to revise the law, he was ready to issue a Perpu in order to overcome regulations in the law which hampered the implementation of general elections.
