BANKS TO BE CLOSED ON APRIL 9, POLLING DAY

Jakarta, April 2 (ANTARA) - Bank Indonesia (BI), its headquarters as well as branch offices, will be closed on April 9, 2009, when Indonesians will vote in the legislative elections.

"There is a presidential decree declaring balloting day on April 9, 2009 a national holiday," Aswin Gantina, a BI spokesman, said here on Thursday.
Other commercial banks would also be closed on balloting day, he said.
BI would resume its normal operations on Monday (April 13), as April 10 would also be a holiday to observe the death of Christ, he said.