REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, MUKOMUKO -- The Commission of General Election (KPU) in Mukomuko district, Bengkulu province, will prioritize the delivery of election logistics to remote villages, according to its spokesman Junhari.
"Like in the past legislative elections, we will prioritize the delivery of presidential election logistics this time to remote villages," Junhari said here on Saturday.
The delivery of the election logistics to some 15 sub-districts will begin on July 6, and from there they will be passed on to the remote villages the next day, he said.
The cost of election logistics delivery to the remote villages is higher than that to the villages situated along main roads, according to him.
"The cost is higher and it takes time because the roads to the remote villages are badly damaged," he said.
The election logistics will arrive at the remote villages before the presidential election on July 9, 2014, he guaranteed.
Arrangements for elections in Indonesia are carried out under the supervision of the General Election Commission (KPU).
The presidential elections in 2014 will be carried out in accordance with Law No 42/2008 with regard to the election of a president and vice president.
The presidential election on July 9 has two candidates, Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Hatta Rajasa against Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and his running mate Jusuf Kalla. The incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is constitutionally barred from seeking a third term in office.
Only parties or coalitions controlling 20 percent of the seats in the House of Representatives (DPR) or winning 25 percent of the popular votes in the 2014 parliamentary elections are eligible to nominate a candidate, according to the 2008 election law.
No one party reached the threshold alone in the 2014 legislative elections, and as a result two coalitions were formed.
The coalition supporting Prabowo/Hatta includes Gerindra, PPP, PKS, Golkar, PAN, and Demokrat; and the coalition supporting Jokowi/JK includes PDI-P, PKB, NasDem and Hanura.
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