Selling Votes Retail
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
A MEMBER of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) in Lampung, South Sumatra, received a phone call from a woman who claimed to work at the Tanggamus regency General Elections Commission (KPU) Secretariat. The woman asked them to find a regional legislative candidate who needed additional votes in order to obtain a seat.
The ‘bidder’ explained that she could transfer votes from legislative candidates or political parties whose sh
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