PKB Might Not Take Part in the Election
Friday, 18 April, 2008 | 18:48 WIB

TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta: The National Awakening Party (PKB) might not take part in the election next year.

Member of According to Andi Nurpati Baharuddin, a member of the General Elections Commission (KPU), participants in the election were only accepted if they had complete documentation signed by head of political party and general secretary, and acknowledged by the justice and human rights department.

“Otherwise, KPU cannot accept the documentation,” he said after meeting the justice and human rights minister Andi Mattalata yesterday (17/4).

To date, PKB is divided into two administrations.

One is headed up by Muhaimin Iskandar and the other by Ali Masykur Musa, the executive director, and Zannuba Arifah Chafsoh “Yenny” Wahid, the general secretary.

They both applied to KPU as well as the Justice and human rights department to take part in the 2009 election.

Andi said KPU's decision was based on section 14, sub-section 1 and 2 of the State Decree of the Election of Members of the House of Representatives (DPR), the Regional Representatives Assembly (DPD) and Regional Houses of Representatives (DPRDs).

It is stated here that a political party can take part in the election by submitting the registration documentation to KPU and this has to be signed by political party's head and general secretary.

KPU Head Abdul Hafiz Anshary said that the commission would not intervene in the internal conflict of political parties.

He asked PKB, the Indonesian Democratic Vanguard Party and Indonesian National Marhaenism Party, to solve their internal conflicts immediately and submit their applications by 12 May at the latest.

“KPU will not accept double administrations of one political party,” said Hafiz.

PRAMONO | ANTON SEPTIAN