Jakarta Elections
Flawed Strategies
Retired army generals complain of being fleeced out of billions of rupiah by political parties with promises of nomination as candidates for Jakarta Deputy Governor.
June 26, 2007
SEVERAL heavy-set men crowded outside the headquarters of the Jakarta chapter of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) in the South Jakarta suburb of Tebet on Thursday two weeks ago. They were waiting for someone. That night the place was alive with people as the party was in session.
“When I asked them what they were coming for the men simply said they wanted to talk someone from the party,” said Dhea Prekasha Yoedha, head of
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