Victory and Venom

April 15, 2014

IT is regrettable that the 'winner' of last week's legislative elections was the same as in the previous two elections: the golput, or non-voters. An estimated more than 30 percent of voters failed to exercise their right to votethe highest ever figure in Indonesian elections. The golput vote even exceeded those of the winning Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), which garnered 19 percent, according to the quick count. It is almost certa

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