Bullheaded Democracy

Mardijo lost in the election of the Governor of Central Java. In the fallout, a Megawati poster was destroyed in Semarang.

July 29, 2003

The sun was directly overhead. Blazing intensely over the city of Semarang last Thursday, it did not only cause sunburn, but inflamed the anger and disappointment of hundreds of task force (Satgas) members of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). They were perspiring heavily after finishing a long march from the Central Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) Building, located on Jalan Pahlawan, to Panti Marhaen, the PDI-P Ce

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