The Cost of Politics - National - magz.tempo.co

maaf email atau password anda salah

The Cost of Politics

Monday, May 6, 2019

Competing against fellow party members and other political parties, some legislative candidates have spent billions of rupiah during their campaign runs. However, large spending does not guarantee an election victory.

One of Charles Meikyansah’s billboards in Jember, East Java, April 2. twitter.com/charlesmeikyans. tempo : 173055029131.

BEFORE selling his house and land to fund his campaign, Charles Meikyansah explained the decision to his wife and to Surya Paloh. That legislative candidate from the National Democrat (NasDem) Party had convinced his wife, Atiek Wiriastuti, that he would sell their second home in the Duta Bintaro Housing Complex in Tangerang, Banten, and some lands also located in Tangerang, for Rp1 billion. Their first home would not be sold. “This wa

...

Subscribe to continue reading.
We craft news with stories.

For the benefits of subscribing to Digital Tempo, See More

The Best Choice

Rp 54.945/Month

Active for 12 Months, Rp 659.340

*You Save -Rp 102.000
*Guaranteed update of up to 52 Editions of Tempo Magazine

Subscribe

Rp 64.380/Month

Active Every Month Cancel Anytime

*Free for the first month if using a Credit Card

Subscribe

See Other Packages

Already a Subscribed?
To receive daily news by Email,

Hussein Abri Dongoran

More Articles

Tempo English Monday, May 6, 2019
Tempo English Monday, May 6, 2019
Tempo English Monday, May 6, 2019
Tempo English Monday, May 6, 2019

More exclusive contents

October 28, 2024
October 21, 2024
October 14, 2024
October 7, 2024

Independent journalism needs public support. By subscribing to Tempo, you will contribute to our ongoing efforts to produce accurate, in-depth and reliable information. We believe that you and everyone else can make all the right decisions if you receive correct and complete information. For this reason, since its establishment on March 6, 1971, Tempo has been and will always be committed to hard-hitting investigative journalism. For the public and the Republic.