REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- New Chairman of the General Election Commission (KPU) Juri Ardiantoro has urged all commissioners and other officials of the body to maintain unity.
"Internally, I request the commissioners and secretary general to continue to make steady efforts similar to what they had undertaken during the term of deceased Husni Kamil Manik," Ardiantoro stated after being appointed the new KPU chairman to succeed Manik, here, Monday evening.
Ardiantoro also encouraged them to work effectively as only seven months were left for the tenure of the current KPU leadership to end.
The KPU chairman's appointment was not something unusual as the Commission's leadership was following a collegiality collective system, Ardiantoro noted.
Sigit Pamungkas, one of the commissioners, expressed hope that the new chairman will help carry forward the achievements of the Commission and implement its important agenda.
Commissioner of the General Election Commission (KPU) Juri Ardiantoro has been appointed as the commission's new chairman to succeed the deceased Husni Kamil Manik.
Ardiantoro was elected through a consensus during a closed-door plenary meeting at the KPU office here, Monday evening.
Ardiantoro, chairman of the Jakarta KPU for the 2008-2013 period and a graduate of the Malaya University in Malaysia, will chair the national KPU for eight months.
The plenary meeting was attended by five commissioners of the KPU --- Sigit Pamungkas, Ida Budhiati, Arief Budiman, Ferry Kurnia Rizkyansyah, and Juri Ardiantoro --- among others.
Manik died at the Pertamina Central Hospital in South Jakarta on July 7 while he was undergoing treatment for an infection that had spread across his body.
On July 12, the KPU named one of its commissioners, Hadar Nafis Gumay, as the acting chairman following the demise of Manik.
"The decision to elect (Gumay) has been agreed upon unanimously by all KPU commissioners," KPU Commissioner Pamungkas noted.
Following the successful implementation of Indonesia's first simultaneous and direct regional head elections (Pilkada) last year, the nation is hoping to hold a smooth and peaceful second Pilkada scheduled on February 15, 2017.
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