MEDIA ADVISORY
(001/SOSBUD-MA/III/09)
GENERAL ELECTIONS
9
April 2009
Republic of Indonesia will hold its
General Election on April 9, 2009.
Forty four (44) political parties
vie for the 560 seats in the House
of Representatives including the 3
major parties namely: the Democratic
Party; the Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle; and the Golkar
Party. Six (6) of which are local
parties campaigning for elections in
Aceh as part of the 2005 peace
accord between the Indonesian
government and the Free Aceh
Movement (GAM). Indonesian embassies
and consulate offices around the
globe will simultaneously hold an
election for the absentee voters.
The general election
will be followed by the country’s
second direct presidential and
vice-presidential election slated on
July 8, 2009. Parliamentary
elections are held every five years.
Indonesian Embassy in Manila will be
the venue to more than 800
registered Indonesian voters living
in the National Capital Region and
nearby provinces to cast their
ballots. Voting will start at 7am
until 3pm and counting of the
ballots will follow soon after.
Media representatives who would like
to observe the afore-mentioned event
may contact:
Mr. Ahimsa
Soekartono
Information
Officer
Tel. no.:
892-5061 to 68 loc 152
Manila, 31 March 2009
