Golkar supporters top traffic violations<\/p>\n
UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi (JP): The police have ticketed
\n317 election rally revelers for traffic violations, most of them
\nfrom the ruling political group Golkar.<\/p>\n
Chief of Ujungpandang city police Col. Mochammad Darus said
\nyesterday that 197 Golkar supporters would go to court for
\nvarious traffic law offenses they committed on their way back
\nfrom a rally.<\/p>\n
Supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) and the
\nUnited Development Party (PPP), who rallied on Tuesday and
\nWednesday respectively, shared second place with 60 tickets.<\/p>\n
Darus said that most of the Golkar supporters, as well as
\ntheir PDI and PPP counterparts, were found guilty for not wearing
\nhelmets and packing motorcycles with more than two passengers.<\/p>\n
Apart from the booking, the police detained more than 100
\nmotorcycles and cars.<\/p>\n
Darus said that the vehicles would be kept at police
\nheadquarters for between one and two months. \"The length of stay
\nwill depend on the motorist's violation,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Police in the South Sulawesi capital imposed stricter policies
\nearlier this week after learning that many election rally
\nrevelers initiated street rallies and thus broke the law.<\/p>\n
Provincial leadership of the three political contestants
\napproved the police move.<\/p>\n
Many of the rally attendants looked unprepared for the strict
\nmeasures imposed by the police. They just followed when police
\nsurrounded them and brought them in groups to police
\nheadquarters.<\/p>\n
In yesterday's rally at Karebosi field, Minister of Finance
\nMar'ie Muhammad, in his capacity as a Golkar senior functionary,
\ntold 5,000 people joining the gathering that they carried the
\nmission to maintain the party's grip on the province.<\/p>\n
\"Don't talk and make too many comments. Let's promise to win
\nthe general election for Golkar,\" Mar'ie said in his brief
\nspeech.<\/p>\n
Hasan Walinono, a senior official at the Ministry of Education
\nand Culture, Linda Gumelar, House legislator and wife of Sulawesi
\nmilitary commander Maj. Gen. Agum Gumelar, as well as Jusuf
\nKalla, renowned businessperson raised in the province, were other
\ncampaigners at the rally.<\/p>\n
As soon as Mar'ie completed his speech, a group of Golkar
\nsupporters tried to flee for a street rally. Police foiled their
\nattempt, however.<\/p>\n
Earlier that day, Governor HZB Palaguna in his capacity as
\nchairman of the Indonesian Election Committee's South Sulawesi
\noffice, accompanied by Agum, observed an indoor rally at
\nKemanunggalan ABRI-Rakyat hall. No less than 1,500 people were
\npresent.<\/p>\n
In another Golkar rally in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan,
\nthe party's patron Sarwono Kusumaatmadja claimed that Golkar
\nswept the previous five general elections due to its key role in
\nthe national development program.<\/p>\n
\"The growing public support for Golkar suggests (support for)
\nits successful development program,\" he was quoted by Antara as
\nsaying.<\/p>\n
Sarwono, the State Minister of Environment, spoke only for
\nfive minutes before leaving for Buntok, South Barito regency, for
\nan indoor rally. (30\/31\/37\/amd)<\/p>",
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