Party Fever

Thirty-seven new political parties have registered, ranging from one set up by fans of Suharto to one calling itself the Party of the Hidden Knight.

December 26, 2006

The head office of the party is located at the dead end of an alley. To reach it, one has to go through a crowded marketplace, maneuver between blaring city transport vehicles, jump over a railroad crossing, and also trace narrow stony roads at Cibitung, West Java.

That is how to get to the head office of the Suharto Functional Oil Lamp Party (Partai Karya Pelita Suharto), one of the 37 new political parties that have registered with the Departmen

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