KALLA SAYS TO POSTPONE POLLS IF VOTER'S LIST PROBLEM REMAINS UNRESOLVED

Surabaya, E Java, July 5 (ANTARA) - Presidential candidate of the Golkar Party Jusuf Kalla (JK) said the General Elections Commission (KPU) should have resolved the voter's list (DPT) problem on Monday or else, it should postpone Wednesday's presidential polls.

"Our team is urging the KPU to resolve the DPT problem before the deadline on Monday (July 6, 2009)," Kalla said aboard of a plane during his way back from Surabaya to Jakarta on Saturday night.

He said that the DPT problem was a serious matter. It would be dangerous for the presidential race if the DPT problem remained unsolved.

Kalla said that if until the Monday deadline the DPT problem remained unsettled, the presidential elections process should be evaluated.

"The presidential elections can be postponed without disturbing the state's schedules. It's calculation could be speeded up," he said.

Kalla said that the problems arising from the voter's lists had taken place since the holding of the legislative elections last April 9. It could have happened due to one of two possible causes, namely wrong population administration or there was a deliberate intention.

"Or it has happened due to the two factors," he said.

The KPU is scheduled to organize the presidential elections on Wednesday.
Three presidential candidates are to contest in the July 8 presidential polls for the 2009-2014 term of office.

The three presidential and vice presidential pairs are Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Prabowo Subianto (Mega-Pro), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and his pair Boediono (SBY-Boediono), and Jusuf Kalla who runs for president with Wiranto (JK-WIN).

Megawati is former president and leader of the Indonesian Democratic Party - Struggle (PDIP) while her mate Prabowo is the chairman of the Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party and a former commander of the Army's Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad).

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is incumbent president and chief patron of the Democratic Party (PD) while his running mate Boediono is a former governor of Bank Indonesia, the central bank.

Jusuf Kalla is incumbent vice president and chairman of the Golkar Party while Wiranto, a former commander of the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) and chairman of the People's Conscience Party (Hanura).***1***