Jakarta – The House of Representatives finally ratifies the regulation in-lieu-of law on voters list via voting mechanism at the House's plennary session hall in Senayan, South Jakarta, on Wednesday.

The regulation authorizes the General Election Commission (KPU) to update voters list to allow more eligible but unregistered voters to cast their ballots in the April 9 general elections.

There were many frictions prior to the ratification of the regulation, mostly by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

PDI-P condemned the ratification of the regulation, saying it merely served as legitimate backing for the government on the voters list fiasco, which costed around 40 million voters their balloting rights.

PDI-P's persistence on rejecting the ratification led to Wednesday's vote. Under an internal House regulation, if one faction maintains its stance to reject an agreement then a vote will take place.

"We know that we are going to lose this vote but we have no problem with it. At least we show that we have stood by our opinion," PDI-P's caucus chairman Tjahyo Kumolo said prior to the session.(hdt)