Squabbling Blood Brothers

The KPU has severely cut back the powers of the Panwaslu, each accusing the other of violations, both at the central and regional levels.

July 20, 2004

ABDUL Kadir was angry. This chairman of the General Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu) for the city of Kendari, Southeast Sulawesi, was hugely disappointed when the judges of the Kendari State Court acquitted Syam Abdul Djalil, a member of the local General Election Commission (KPU), last week. He had been accused of destroying votes for the Golkar Party votes in the April 5 election.

That verdict shook Abdul Kadir, whose hard work t

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