'Becak' driver, orphans get gifts

'Becak' driver, orphans get gifts

BEKASI: Some 3,000 becak (pedicab) drivers and 1,500 orphans received Idul Fitri gifts from two different political parties in Bekasi on Monday, the last day of the Ramadhan fasting month.

The becak drivers received from the Bekasi branch of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) T-shirts bearing the picture of the party's chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri, who is also the country's president.

The party's Bekasi branch chairman, Mochtar Mohamad, said that distributing the gifts was not a part of the party's campaign for next year's general election.

Meanwhile, the Golkar Party distributed rice and cash to around 1,500 orphans in Jatiwarna.

Branch official Awing Asmawi declined to give details on the cost and said the aid had nothing to do with the party's political campaign ahead of the election. -- Antara