Severianus Endi, The Jakarta Post, Pontianak | Sat, 03/24/2012 2:12 PM
Female candidates are set to liven up the gubernatorial race in West Kalimantan this year, among them House of Representatives member Erma S. Ranik, from the West Kalimantan constituency.
Erma registered herself as a vice gubernatorial hopeful at the West Kalimantan Democratic Party secretariat office in Pontianak on Wednesday. The party has opened registration for gubernatorial candidates and their running mates for a week from March 19.
"I'm ready to become the West Kalimantan vice governor. As a female politician, I have weighed up everything, including the consequences. I firmly believe registering with the Democratic Party and bow down to party mechanisms," said Erma.
When asked who she would accompany in the race, Erma said she was still waiting for the surveys on a number of figures conducted by the Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI).
"The Democratic Party has assigned LSI to conduct surveys on all nominees, including my partner. I will submit to whatever results are delivered," said Erma.
In addition to Erma, another female figure who has registered for the gubernatorial election was Harti Hartijah from the Democratic Party Central Executive Board, who registered through her staff.
The West Kalimantan General Elections Commission (KPUD) has scheduled Sept. 20, 2012, for the gubernatorial election, which would cost up to Rp 132.8 billion (about US$15.5 million) to organize.
"As much as 87 percent of the funds are allocated to KPUD offices in the regencies and mayoralties, and to organizers at the lower levels," said West Kalimantan KPUD head A.R. Muzammil.
The KPUD will immediately update the eligible voters list in May.
In the previous West Kalimantan gubernatorial election, Cornelis and Christiandy Sanjaya emerged as winners. Their tenures will end on Jan. 13, 2013.
If the election proceeds to the second round, the West Kalimantan KPUD has scheduled the repeat election for Nov. 8, 2012.
Besides Erma and Hartijah, a number of names familiar to the West Kalimantan public will register at the Democratic Party offices, such as incumbent Vice Governor Christiandy Sanjaya, Bengkayang Regent Suryadman Gidot, former Kapuas Hulu regent Abang Tambul Husin, Sintang Regent Milton Crosby, West Kalimantan Chinese Cultural Council chairman Harso Utomo Suwito and several other names.
Christiandy has stated that he would still team up with incumbent Governor Cornelis, the West Kalimantan Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle's Regional Representatives Council chairman.
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