The decree signed on April 3 is based on decision of the General Elections Commission (KPU) on the date of poll to elect members of the House of Representatives (DPR), the Regional Representative Council (DPD) and the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD), and article 4 sub-article (3) of Law No. 8/2012, the Cabinet Secretariat said on its official website on Sunday.
Earlier, Manpower and Transmigration Minister Muhaimin Iskandar in his circular signed on March 26, 2014 also declared the poll day a holiday for employees/workers.
"By doing so, we hope employees/workers can channel their political aspirations in the five-yearly Fiesta of Democracy," he said. (Tz.M041/S012/C) (TZ.SYS/C/S012/S012)
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