Bad omen for Golkar

Bad omen for Golkar

JAKARTA (JP): Political activists saw a bad omen for Golkar
during the flag-hoisting ceremony here on Tuesday night, just
hours before the 48 parties were about to kick off campaigning.

All but Golkar's flag could be hoisted without a problem. The
activists in charge of hoisting Golkar's flag found the pole
"reluctant" to stand upright and it almost slid and fell several
times.

Governor Sutiyoso stopped short of coming close to the
activists struggling with the Golkar flag pole for fear of being
hit.

The amused onlookers kept yelling that it was a bad omen for
Golkar, which has been widely sneered at as Soeharto's election
machine that helped him stay in power with an iron hand for 32
years. (ind)