Allies make up bulk of donors
M. Taufiqurrahman, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
The presidential candidates' balance sheets of major donors to their July 5 election campaign funds are as intriguing as they are uninformative, with instances of unlikely donations from unnamed "friends", small traders and wealthy patrons in out-of- the-way places, The Jakarta Post has found.
Close aides and inner-circle party members made up the bulk of the individual contributions to the funds.
Campaign fund balance sheets obtained by the Post on Saturday show most of the candidates' close allies gave the maximum Rp 100 million (US$10,500) donation allowed from individual donors.
In a list of donors provided by Gen. (ret) Wiranto's campaign team to the General Elections Commission (KPU), Golkar Party central board executives Agung Laksono, Setya Novanto, Bomer Pasaribu, Slamet Effendy Yusuf, Fahmi Idris, Bomer Pasaribu, Abdul Gafur and Theo L. Sambuaga donated Rp 100 million each.
Also appearing on the list were Wiranto's lawyer, Yan Juanda Saputra, who donated Rp 75 million, while another lawyer, Ruhut Sitompul, and Wiranto's chief campaign strategist, Suaidy Marasabessy, both contributed Rp 100 million.
All gave their addresses as the 27th floor of Menara Imperium on Jl. H.R. Rasuna Said, Kav. 1, Kuningan, Jakarta, where Wiranto's campaign team is based.
The list also included a group of souvenir vendors who opened stalls in the Menara Imperium's ground floor. They contributed a whopping Rp 8 billion.
Wiranto put in Rp 4.95 billion of his own money into the campaign, while Golkar provided Rp 30 billion.
The financial report filed for the Megawati Soekarnoputri- Hasyim Muzadi ticket shows legislators Permadi, Heri Akhmadi and Surya Chandra Surapatty donated Rp 100 million each. They were each registered at their official residences in Kalibata, South Jakarta.
How much Megawati and Hasyim gave for their own campaign was not mentioned in the list. Nor was any donation from her husband, gas station magnate Taufik Kiemas.
An individual donor living in Oklahoma City in the United States, Putra Dedi Perana, also contributed Rp 100 million.
Also on the list were several individuals living in small towns in Central Java, who managed to donate similar amounts of money.
This pattern repeats in Hamzah Haz's campaign balance sheet but a greater amount of funds from individuals are involved.
Hamzah's United Development Party (PPP) lawmaker Hadi Mulyo and some anonymous "friends" were registered in the list of donors contributing Rp 375 million in total. The election law requires any donor to be clearly named.
Also on the list was Hamzah's aide, Laode Kamaluddin, and a group of unnamed people who gave Rp 500 million.
Meanwhile Amien Rais camp's statement showed Rp 100 million worth of contributions mostly coming from individuals from the National Mandate Party (PAN)'s inner circle, with Rizal Jalil, Joko Santoso, economist Dradjat Hari Wibowo, Miranty Abidin, Samuel Koto, Djoko Susilo, Fuad Bawazier and A.M. Fatwa all donating.
Amien's financial report also mentioned State Minister for Research and Technology M. Hatta Rajasa and actor-cum-legislator Dede Yusuf for the same amount.
Running mate Siswono Yudhohusodo, a weathly businessman, provided a total of Rp 730 million for the campaign, with Amien contributing Rp 1.9 billion.
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono balance sheet recorded campaign fund manager, Suhaeli Kalla, and an individual named Gatot Suwondo as contributing Rp 100 million each.
Running mate Jusuf Kalla's West Java's Bogor-based PT Bukaka Teknik Utama and South Sulawesi's Makassar-based PT Hadji Kalla each provided Rp 500 million to back their owner's vice presidential bid.
How deep the candidates dug into their pocketsCandidates contribution ------------------------------------------- Wiranto Rp 4.95 billion Solahuddin Wahid - Megawati Soekarnoputri - Hasyim Muzadi - Amien Rais Rp 1.9 billion Siswono Yudhohusodo Rp 730 million Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Rp 1 billion Hamzah Haz Rp 1 billion Agum Gumelar -
Source: KPU
How much the candidates spend for ads
Tickets ! cost ------------------------------------------------- Wiranto-Solahuddin Wahid ! Rp 24.97 billion Megawati-Hasyim Muzadi ! Rp 40.56 billion Amien Rais-Siswono Yudhohusodo ! Rp 21.55 billion* Susilo-Jusuf Kalla ! Rp 35.4 billion Hamzah Haz-Agum Gumelar ! Rp 14.54 billion
* Including those for other types of campaigning
Source: KPU