Amien-Siswono try marketing ploy

Amien-Siswono try marketing ploy

PALEMBANG, South Sumatra: The campaign team of Amien Rais and Siswono Yudohusodo are using a "multi-level marketing" strategy to attract voters in Palembang.

Team coordinator Achmad Damiri Syamsudin said the approach would be much more effective than a public campaign. The team had recruited 500 people who were being trained as campaigners, he said. Each campaigner had to convince 10 other people to vote for the pair.

The team was aiming at attracting 400,000 people, or slightly less than half the 900,000 eligible voters in Palembang, he said. -- Antara