Soliciting Votes Through State Projects

Campaigning for re-election, legislators take advantage of government projects.

January 28, 2014

Flori Dore Gega was overjoyed because his proposal for financial aid for a cattle-breeding venture in Nudalema, his village in East Flores Regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), had finally been approved. Late last December, Flori, chairman of the Nudalema Village Farmers Association, received Rp100 million for Rural Agribusiness Development (PUAP) projects. He had waited years for this moment. "After that gentleman from the DPR (House of Representati

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