Kamis 12 Jul 2018 01:22 WIB

KPU reports to president on local elections

One region that has not yet conducted the election is Paniai District, Papua.

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General Election Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman (left) accompanied by KPU commissioner Hasyim Asy'ari holds a press conference after meeting President Joko Widodo at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (July 11).
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General Election Commission (KPU) chairman Arief Budiman (left) accompanied by KPU commissioner Hasyim Asy'ari holds a press conference after meeting President Joko Widodo at Merdeka Palace, Jakarta, Wednesday (July 11).

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The General Elections Commission (KPU) reported to President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on Wednesday on the implementation of recent simultaneous regional head elections 2018. Simultaneous regional elections was held on June 27 in 171 regions in Indonesia.

"The meeting between the KPU and the president is a constitutional task based on the law to report the implementation of regional head, legislative, and presidential elections," KPU chief Arief Budiman said at the Presidential Palace complex on Wednesday.

Budiman met the president, along with other KPU commissioners, including Ilham Saputra, Evi Novida Ginting Manik, Pramono Ubaid Tanthowi, Hasyim Asy'ari, and Virdan. "We reported about the stages of the regional head elections (Pilkada), including voters' data and election dispute cases in the legal process of the Constitutional Court (MK)," he added.

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