KPU hopes to announce final House seat allocation next week

A member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) said Wednesday that the commission hoped it would be able to announce the final seat allocation for the House of Representatives next week.

"In fact, we established the final allocation on Aug. 21. We met and confirmed the seat allocation with the General Elections Supervisory Body (Bawaslu) on Aug. 24," Andi Nurpati said before a meeting with the House electoral roll inquiry special committee in Jakarta on Wednesday.

"We decided to delay the announcement because we are still awaiting the Constitutional Court's final ruling on the election results in some regions, such as in South Nias and the Riau Islands," she added.

Andi said she hoped the Constitutional Court would be able to issue their final ruling next week.

"So that we can announce the final allocation simultaneously with the Constitutional Court's final ruling," she said.

Bawaslu member Bambang Eka Tjahya agreed with Andi Nurpati that the KPU should announce the final seat allocations at the same time as the Constitutional Court's ruling.

"The important thing is that the final announcement is made before Oct. 1," he said. The new legislators are scheduled to be inaugurated on that date. (hdt)