Postpone the Elections? Why not?

Preparations for the elections are causing more concern because of the chaos surrounding the printing of ballot papers. More aggressive emergency measures are called for.

March 23, 2004

THE nine members of the General Elections Commission (KPU) may well be optimistic about the success of the legislative elections on April 5. But the facts on the ground suggest otherwise. Many are very worried that the elections will not proceed on schedule, especially in isolated areas where the logistics of sending materials has run into problems.

The government, fortunately, had anticipated this problem, despite the KPU guaranteeing tha

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