Gus Dur instructs his supporters to Surround KPU offices

Jakarta, NU Online
General Chairman of the Advisory Council of the National Awakening Party (PKB) Abdurahman Wahid (Gus Dur) instructed their supporters to surround the General Election Commission (KPU) office.

"Supporters of the PKB Regional branches have been instructed to surround the KPU officec because of their on account of its ignorance," said Gus Dur during a press conference at PKB office in Kalibata here on Friday.<>

According to him, KPU has played tricks against his side by belittling their rights. "Surround and occupy the KPU offices to make them follow the rules."

Earlier, Gus Dur`s lawyer Ibrani said KPU should obey the decision of the state administrative court which has instructed KPU to postpone the implementation of a decision on the handing over of a list of addresses and names of paricipating political parties in the 2009 general election especially in the context of PKB.

In the decision, KPU said the executives of PKB was Muhaimin Iskandar as the general chairman and Lukman Edy as the secretary general with the address in Jalan Sukabumi 23 Menteng (previous office of Muhaimin), but not Jalan Kalibata Timur I No 12.

"What was registered in the Justice and Human Rights Ministry, PKB Executive Board office was located in Jalan Kalibata Timur I No 12," he was quoted by Antara as saying.

Agus Wiyarto, chairman of the Yogyakarta regional branch of PKB, said that KPU has made such a big blunder by passing on a request from PKB signed by Muhaimin regarding the movement of the party`s headquater office from Kalibata to Jalan Sukabumi in Menteng.

"The issuance of the KPU letter has been capitalized on by Muhaimin and Lukman Edy to issue various decisions on the change of the executives of the party`s regional and district branches," he said. (dar)