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PLAN TO HOLD SINGLE ROUND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DIFFICULT TO REALIZE
Jakarta, June 26 (ANTARA) - The desire of a presidential pair to win the race in a single round is difficult to realize, a constitutional expert said.
"The law stipulates a winner should win not only the number of votes but also the spread of the votes, namely at least 20 percent votes won in more than half of the number of provinces," Irman Putra Sidin said here on Friday.
This is also clear if the reference to launch the single round poll movement is taken from results of poll surveys by survey institutes which are clearly part of the success teams of certain candidates.
"After all, the results of the survey did not mention the spread of pollsters' locations. This will fool the public," he aid.
He said that the movement to make the presidential polls won by a presidential ticket in a single round was actually a noble idea because it would mean that the legitimacy of the winner was big and evenly spread.
Therefore, he said, it is difficult now to conclude whether the presidential elections on July 8, 2009 would last only in a single round or not. It seemed that chances are fifty-fifty.
"So, if there are people who say that the presidential elections would last only in a single round, such statement is premature and careless," he said.
Secretary of the Indonesian Public Opinions Research Association (AROPI), Umar S Bakry said the results of a survey nowadays were difficult to be accepted as a reference to conclude that the presidential polls would last only in a single round.
This was because many results of various surveys had sharp differences while they used the same methodology and organized them in the same period.
He said that there was a survey which placed the Mega-Pro ticket behind on the list but the other survey put in the first one. "They used the same methodology and organized it in the same period," Bakry said.***
"The law stipulates a winner should win not only the number of votes but also the spread of the votes, namely at least 20 percent votes won in more than half of the number of provinces," Irman Putra Sidin said here on Friday.
This is also clear if the reference to launch the single round poll movement is taken from results of poll surveys by survey institutes which are clearly part of the success teams of certain candidates.
"After all, the results of the survey did not mention the spread of pollsters' locations. This will fool the public," he aid.
He said that the movement to make the presidential polls won by a presidential ticket in a single round was actually a noble idea because it would mean that the legitimacy of the winner was big and evenly spread.
Therefore, he said, it is difficult now to conclude whether the presidential elections on July 8, 2009 would last only in a single round or not. It seemed that chances are fifty-fifty.
"So, if there are people who say that the presidential elections would last only in a single round, such statement is premature and careless," he said.
Secretary of the Indonesian Public Opinions Research Association (AROPI), Umar S Bakry said the results of a survey nowadays were difficult to be accepted as a reference to conclude that the presidential polls would last only in a single round.
This was because many results of various surveys had sharp differences while they used the same methodology and organized them in the same period.
He said that there was a survey which placed the Mega-Pro ticket behind on the list but the other survey put in the first one. "They used the same methodology and organized it in the same period," Bakry said.***
