Sunday, May 9, 2010

People in Bali Used Their Suffrage



The people in five regencies/city in Bali on Tuesday morning used their traditional custom went in throng delivering their aspiration at their respective voting sites in relation with regional head election.

That head of regency election held in Karangasem, Bangli, Badung, Tabanan Regency as well as in Denpasar City.

The people delivering their aspiration to choose their region head used Balinese traditional custom meanwhile those who are not Hindu adjust.

Head of Komisi Pemilihan Umum (KPU) Bali – General Election Commission of Bali – Lanang Perbawa hope for all people who have suffrage on those five regencies/city to come to the election sites and choose their leader.

For the people who received summon letter but had already listed hoped could come to the election site to vote.

The vote held up to 01.00 p.m. before the committee proceeds to counting the votes.

“All committee should count the votes starting from 01.00 local time,” Lanang Perbawa said.

He reminds, even though before 01.00 most of the people had come to vote the committee should remain to wait until the exact time to anticipating the probability of one or two people who late.

That becomes the emphasize considering the teachers who watched for Elementary Schools’ National Exam still doing their job until 10.00 a.m.

That is why, he said, it needs anticipation whilst waiting for at the vote sites up to 01.00 p.m. All steps in this regional head election hoped could run smoothly and in a conducive atmosphere.

Due to this election also, all offices are in holiday. That holiday is only for government institution in five regencies/city held for the election whilst for the remaining four regencies keep giving the appropriate services.

According to Head of Publication and Documentation at Public Relationship and Protocol Bureau of Bali province, the decision to determine Regional Head General Election as a holiday is genuinely to give those employees time delivering their aspiration as well as trying to make this democracy party into success.

News by Antara