THE General Elections Commission (KPU) should not give in to pressure from the Golkar Party to delay the simultaneous elections of regional chiefs. Planned for December 9, these concurrent elections were mandated by law to save money and make the electoral process more efficient.

Golkar has demanded a delay, using the results of an audit by the Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) as an excuse. In this audit, the KPU is suspected of having misused Rp334 b