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Presidential election proceeds well thanks to Court ruling: Expert

Dicky Christanto , The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Wed, 07/08/2009 9:37 PM | Presidential Election

University of Indonesia political expert Maswadi Rauf said Wednesday’s presidential election proceeded well thanks to a last minute ruling by the Constitution Court that allowed people not listed on the official electoral role to cast a vote using their identity cards.







“Without the ruling, the election could have possibly been postponement due to the problems with the official electoral role,” he told The Jakarta Post on Wednesday.

He did however call on the General Elections Commission (KPU) and the Elections Supervisory Board (Bawaslu) to follow up the losing candidates’ claims that election violations were committed.

“The KPU and Bawaslu should conduct a joint investigation into various indications of election violations to lend more credibility to this election,” he said.

It was reported that hundreds of patients and staff at a hospital in Makassar, South Sulawesi, were prevented from casting their votes.

Similar reports came from Pacitan, East Java, where dozens of inmates were unable to vote because no polling station was made available at their penitentiary.
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