Ronna Nirmala – The head of Jakarta's elections regulator has been found guilty of flouting an ethics code after she ignored recommendations to revise a voter list that contained a large number of ineligible and made-up voters for Wednesday's gubernatorial poll.

The Election Organizers Ethics Council (DKPP) gave Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) chairwoman Dahliah Umar a written warning and recommended that she remove ineligible names from the list.

"The defendant has abused the code of ethics of the elections organization, specifically her occupational oath and principles of professionalism and accountability," DKPP chairman Jimly Ashiddiqie said as he read out the decision at a hearing on Friday.

Jimly said Dahliah's refusal to revise the voter list despite her acknowledgment that it included thousands of ineligible or fictitious voters was in violation of the 2010 KPU regulation on the mechanisms for revising voter lists. Dahliah had previously said it would be easier to notify polling station officials about the entries in their respective districts than to overhaul the entire list.

Only four of the seven-member DKPP found Dahliah in violation of the code of ethics; three others said she was innocent.

Dahliah was reported to the DKPP by three of the six pairs of candidates running in the Jakarta election. Four pairs have also filed a report with the Jakarta Police in connection with the case.

They pointed out that the figure of seven million eligible voters identified by the KPUD was inconsistent with the Home Affairs Ministry's announcement that it would issue only 5.6 million electronic identity cards for the capital.

Only bearers of Jakarta ID cards who are aged 17 or older, are mentally fit and are not in prison are eligible to vote in the election. The incumbent governor, Fauzi Bowo, is the only candidate who has not complained about the list.