Lipstick legislators
Many problematic politicians and celebrities have signed up to run for the legislature. Their acceptability still depends on how much money is involved.
April 30, 2013
Voters should be ready for a major disappointment over their possible representatives in the House of Representatives (DPR). Most are old faces with poor records. During their tenure, many only managed to enact a quarter of the laws they were required to work on, and some of those were struck down by the Constitutional Court. In the last two years alone, 19 legislators have been mixed up in corruption cases.
The poor quality of prospective legis
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