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74083
Thu, 08/06/2009 - 22:11
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RETIRED ARMY OFFICERS CALL FOR REVIEW OF ELECTION LAW
Jakarta, Aug. 6 (ANTARA) - Retired army officers have called on the government to review the Law on General Elections in order to prevent problems in future polls.
"We call for a review of the law (on general elections). It should be fully admitted that there are shortcomings, and there should be an effort to correct them," retired Lt Gen Soeryadi, chairman of the Association of Retired Army Officers (PPAD) said here on Thursday.
He said the implementation of the General Elections 2009 was undemocratic, especially if assessed based on the fourth principle of the Pancasila state ideology.
"For us, it's not too strange. Because the rules, implementation, and all players have deviated from the basic idea of democracy as implied in the fourth principle of Pancasila," he said at a press conference.
However, he said, he had no concept of the standard for smooth general elections. "For sure, the recent election has triggered many suggestions that the poll should be repeated," he said.
He hoped that elections could produce qualified and respectable people's representatives and political parties.
The KPU at a plenary session on July 25, 2009, reported that the Susilo Bambang Yudhyoyono (SBY)-Boediono pair had won 73,874,562 or 60.80 percent, the Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto duo collected 32,548,105 or 26.79 percent, and the Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto ticket bagged 15,081,814 or 12.41 percent of the votes.
Following the KPU's announcement, the Megawati-Prabowo and Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto presidential election camps recently formally reported numerous irregularities that allegedly happened in the July 8 poll to the Constitutional Court (MK) in what appears to be a move to challenge the legitimacy of the election's official outcome.
A lawyers' team representing the Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto (JK-Win) pair reported 55 irregularities to MK on Monday (July 27), and the next day, the Megawati-Prabowo's advocacy team submitted evidence on over 50 flaws. ***
"We call for a review of the law (on general elections). It should be fully admitted that there are shortcomings, and there should be an effort to correct them," retired Lt Gen Soeryadi, chairman of the Association of Retired Army Officers (PPAD) said here on Thursday.
He said the implementation of the General Elections 2009 was undemocratic, especially if assessed based on the fourth principle of the Pancasila state ideology.
"For us, it's not too strange. Because the rules, implementation, and all players have deviated from the basic idea of democracy as implied in the fourth principle of Pancasila," he said at a press conference.
However, he said, he had no concept of the standard for smooth general elections. "For sure, the recent election has triggered many suggestions that the poll should be repeated," he said.
He hoped that elections could produce qualified and respectable people's representatives and political parties.
The KPU at a plenary session on July 25, 2009, reported that the Susilo Bambang Yudhyoyono (SBY)-Boediono pair had won 73,874,562 or 60.80 percent, the Megawati Soekarnoputri-Prabowo Subianto duo collected 32,548,105 or 26.79 percent, and the Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto ticket bagged 15,081,814 or 12.41 percent of the votes.
Following the KPU's announcement, the Megawati-Prabowo and Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto presidential election camps recently formally reported numerous irregularities that allegedly happened in the July 8 poll to the Constitutional Court (MK) in what appears to be a move to challenge the legitimacy of the election's official outcome.
A lawyers' team representing the Jusuf Kalla-Wiranto (JK-Win) pair reported 55 irregularities to MK on Monday (July 27), and the next day, the Megawati-Prabowo's advocacy team submitted evidence on over 50 flaws. ***
