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JAKARTA: The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) said that its announcement on certified candidates for the upcoming gubernatorial election would be made on Friday, pending completion of the verification process
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AKARTA: The Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) said that its announcement on certified candidates for the upcoming gubernatorial election would be made on Friday, pending completion of the verification process.
Jamaluddin F. Hasyim, KPU Jakarta’s head for candidacy affairs, said on Wednesday that the announcement could not be done on Thursday as expected.
“We cannot announce it on Thursday because we have yet to complete the verification process for independent candidates,” Jamaluddin said.
“We will make the announcement on Friday at the latest.”
Two of the six tickets that registered with the KPU Jakarta are independents: economist Faisal Basri and entrepreneur Biem Benjamin, and Maj. Gen. (ret.) Hendardji Soepandji and politician Ahmad Riza Patria.
Neither ticket provided the minimum number of signatures and copies of identification cards needed, equivalent to 4 percent of Jakarta’s population or 407,340 people, on the first try.
Both tickets had to submit additional endorsements.
