VOLUNTEERS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES REMOVE THEIR OWN ATTRIBUTES

Makassar, S Sulawesi, July 5 (ANTARA) - Hundreds of presidential and vice presidential candidates' volunteers began removing on Saturday evening the attributes of their candidates that adorned various parts of the city.

The Bawaslu would begin putting in order and remove presidential candidates' attributes at 8 p.m local time on Saturday evening, but before the election supervisory body did the job, the volunteers of the three presidential tickets had been removing their own campaign aides.

The volunteers were seen Saturday evening removing presidential candidates' attributes which had adorned various parts the city such as Jalan AP Pettarani, Jalan Sultan Alauddin and Jalan Urip Sumihardjo, and Jalan Pertintis Kemerdekan.

"Before they are removed by the Bawaslu, we took the initiative to put them in order in first," a volunteer from C27 Community for the JK-WIN ticket.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) is to organize a presidential election next Wednesday.

Three presidential candidates are to contest in the presidential polls on July 8 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).

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