What Hope for the New?

The majority of TEMPO’s poll respondents acknowledge they have no trust left for either old or new political parties.

December 31, 2002

JUST imagine what it will be like when all 231 new political parties registered with the Department of Justice & Human Rights are allowed to contest the general election in 2004. How thick would the ballot papers have to be? How many party symbols and flags would voters have to remember? And how long would a voter have to remain inside a voting booth to pick the party of his or her choice? This is really mind-boggling but this is the “pric

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