Banner war outside palace

Banner war outside palace

YOGYAKARTA: The United Development Party (PPP) and Golkar are
embroiled in a war of banners outside Sultan Hamengku Buwono X's
palace.

PPP fired the first shot last week when it erected a large
poster, reading "The beloved Sultan is for PPP" in a refined
Javanese language.

The next day, Golkar placed its own banner, of about the same
size, saying "People in and around the palace must vote Golkar"
in the same dialect.

Enraged, PPP supporters fixed another banner, reading "Common
people living on the sultan's land (around the palace) will vote
PPP".

Earlier this week, royal security guards became exasperated
with the war of words when PPP scribbled, "The Sultan is for PPP"
on a palace fence. The guards, whose post is located near the
wall, erased the graffiti the next day. (38/pan)