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Violations common in parties' verification

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Jakarta Post - December 27, 2012

Jakarta – Activists with the People's Voter Education Network (JPPR) have found 13 categories of violations by political parties during the factual verification process at provincial and regency levels.

JPPR monitoring manager Masykurudin Hafidz said here on Wednesday most of the violations relate to the executive boards of the political parties' regional chapters.

Among the findings by the JPPR are a dead man listed as an executive member, a dismissed member who is still listed, fake lists of executive members and some of executive members are active police or military personnel.

"Most of the violations relate to women's representation." Masykurudin said, referring to the requirement for political parties to allocate 30 percent of executive board seats for female politicians.

In addition, the JPPR also found that the address of several political parties' headquarters mentioned in their documents turn out to be different from their real location, Antara news agency reported.

Masykurudin did not reveal the identity of the political parties, saying he hopes they will soon improve the documentation to meet the factual verification process.

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