THE row of banners strung along the embankment of the former Porong Highway, Sidoarjo, East Java calling for a boycott of the election, has vanished. Since Wednesday last week, a similar banner hung at the entry gate of Kahuripan Nirwana village, a housing complex for the victims of the mud disaster built by PT Minarak Lapindo Jaya, has also disappeared.

These banners were put up by the Renokenongo People’s Association of Lapindo Victims. This