Money Politics a la Sidoarjo

August 12, 2003

UNLIKE during the Suharto era, village residents nowadays are not easily ordered about. One weekend in mid-July, for example, an election was held for village chief clerk in Kemiri Village, Sidoaro, East Java. Apparently, people were hesitant to come to the voting chambers—they were boycotting the election. This gave the election committee quite a headache. "Why do the people refuse a democracy feast? Isn't it what they waited for througho

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