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.

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Jalan Bypass Prof. Dr. I.B. Mantra especially from Ketewel Village-Lebih Village Gianyar now becomes the multi products business center. It affect, one of them, is the local land price soured doubled since 2004 and that area known as the golden lane of Gianyar now threatened to be chaotic.

Information from Nusa Bali in that area on Friday (April 30), the land price at bypass roadside now around Rp 130 million to Rp 150 million per acre. As far as the land buyer bravely offers up to Rp 200 million per acre. Before, when bypass was not penetrating Gianyar yet around 1998 it only sold for Rp 10 million per acre. Some businessmen from Denpasar, Badung and many other started targeting the area as it is followed by land broker roaming the area.

Pekaseh Subak Betuas, Keramas Village Gianyar, I Nyoman Soma Wirawan S. Sos., said that bypass existence make South Gianyar up to South Klungkung rapidly evolving. This condition due to Denpasar condition that overly crowded makes the only on Denpasar development directed to the east. Soma tolerating the effect of that development, such as land price rising. This is because of the area suits for multi business development for goods and services.

NusaBali observation toward toward varied business built in this area, among them are building material shop, service, concrete factory, fruit juice beverage package factory, shopping centre, café and more.

Gianyar Vice Regent, Dewa Made Sutanaya suspected land price rising tend to shake land owners’ mind to sell their land in spite of rent it.

“But that suggestion could not persuade that people since they had tempted by the land high price. It is indeed such a dilemma,” he said.

His party added, another affect from that area development is a dilemma maintaining the area as a holy area, according to RTRW Bali province that is a system tends to profane economic development. “Those two things are contrasting each other so we need to coordinated it with Bali Provincial Government. It kind of pity if economic potential such as beach is not developed,” he said.

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