An `Open-and-Shut' Loophole

The DPR has agreed on the `half-open' proportional election system. For Golkar, this system will benefit Akbar Tandjung.

February 25, 2003

The word defeat is not in the vocabulary of Golkar Chairman Akbar Tandjung. He could even benefit from the tiniest loophole there is to escape from oblivion. The tiny gap that he has just passed is the open proportional election system. The system as explained in the election bill that the House of Representatives (DPR) passed last Tuesday made it possible for voters to directly choose any House candidate that he or she prefers. In other w

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