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 Yesterday, at Melasti Tanah Lot restaurant was held a meeting to discuss security issues for legislative election on year 2009. Meeting attended by vice regent of Tabanan regency : Mr. Putra Wirasana, head of police resort of Tabanan, head of council of people's representatives : represented by I.NG Putra Astawa, head of police sector of Kediri, and other. Meeting started at 4 PM. Legislative election issues are necessary to discuss, because the event is very important and will be implemented immediately.
Legislative elections for the 128 seats of the Regional Representatives Council and the 560 seats of the People's Representative Council will be held in Indonesia on April 9th, 2009. Over 60 parties registered for the elections, but only 34 originally met the eligibility requirements. However, on August 15, following a successful legal challenge, another four parties were permitted to join the contest, making 38 in total. The schedule for the elections is laid down in General Election Commission Regulation No. 20/2008. The first phase was finalizing the list of voters. This was completed on 24 October with an announcement from the General Election Commission that a total of 170,022,239 people would be eligible to cast their ballot. However, the commission said that this number might change as the figures from West Papua province were not yet complete.
The figure of 1,609,737 overseas voters in 117 countries may also change due to the difficulties of registering voters. The election campaign will run from 12 July 2008 to 5 April 2009 followed by a "quiet period" of three days, during which all election posters, banners and other materials must be removed from public places. The legislative will take place on 9 April, with results to be announced one month later. The new members of the Regional Representatives Council and the People's Representative Council will be sworn in on 1 October. Although the election campaign began on 12 July 2008, before 16 March it will be limited to invitation-only meetings, advertisements in the media and the distribution of campaign materials. The public campaign will run from 16 March to 5 April 2009. |
