HEAD of the General Elections Commission (KPU), Nazaruddin Syamsuddin, could not hide his disappointment. He would raise his voice to anyone who brought up the issue. Nazaruddin is not at all happy with the decision of the House of Representatives (DPR) to slash the proposed budget by Rp900 billion. Now KPU is facing the problem to finance the elections, a disappointed Nazaruddin told TEMPO last Friday.

The DPR recently only approved a budget of R