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HEADLINES OF INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON FRIDAY

Jakarta, April 17 (ANTARA) - The following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers published here on Friday.


The Jakarta Post
SBY POINTS FINGER AT ELECTIONS COMMISSION

The General Elections Commission (KPU) is fully responsible for the 2009 elections, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Thursday, in response to demands that he explain why millions of eligible voters were disenfranchised.


Jakarta Globe
KPU'S FATE SET TO BE SEALED TODAY

With both political parties and nongovernmental organizations calling for the members of the General elections Commission to step down, the fate of the July presidential election has been thrown into question.


Media Indonesia
ON DPT, GOVERNMENT AND KPU SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE

The government and the General Elections Commission (KPU) should be responsible for the chaos in the fixed voters' lists (DPT) of the legislative elections.


Kompas
GOLKAR PARTY NOT SOLID

Chairman of the Golkar Party's Executive Board Muhammad Jusuf Kalla said, by getting just around 14 percent of the votes, it would be impossible for the party to nominate a presidential hopeful. Therefore, the Golkar Party must coalesce to propose a vice presidential candidate.


Republika
FIVE BRANDS OF DRIED BEEF PRODUCTS CONTAIN PORK

Five brands of dried beef products circulated in the markets were confirmed of having contained pork. The finding was confirmed by the Food and Drug Monitoring Agency (BPOM) based on samples from six cities, namely Jambi, Jakarta, Semarang, Surabaya, Bogor and Bandung.

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