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Govt calls for competing parties to respect regional elections law
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Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A.)
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he government has called on all parties that are taking part in the 2017 regional elections to respect the law and its procedures in order to ensure an accountable and democratic vote.
Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto said as long as the candidates were willing to compete fairly, the organizers remained transparent and the voters were not easily provoked during the whole process, the regional elections would run safely without obstacles.
"This is a contest and those who have quality and are trusted by the public will win the election. So don't take unnecessary actions [that will cause trouble]," Wiranto said to journalists on Friday.
Since the elections were meant to provide better regional governments in provinces across the country, all stakeholders should take their respective responsibility seriously and obey the rules to maintain the security of the simultaneous regional elections scheduled for Feb. 15, 2017, Wiranto said.
He asserted that all security officials, including police and military personnel, had been well prepared to guard and prepare preventive measures to secure the elections in 101 provinces across Indonesia. (ags)
