Festival of Democracy, or Feast of Tenders?
March 30, 2004
WITH the number of eligible voters exceeding 140 million people, the forthcoming general elections in Indonesia have taken on a colossal
dimension. A centralized approach adopted by the KPU for the provision of necessary logistics has made invitations to submit tender bids into a very attractive and irresistible frenzy. However costs involved in the provision of the electoral paraphernalia have blatantly violated basic economic principl