Birds must be angry with PDI

Birds must be angry with PDI

YOGYAKARTA: Apparently scared by Indonesian Democratic Party
activists' noisy street rallies, thousands of herons flew home
very late over the weekend.

The herons, which have lived peacefully in the bushy trees
near the Tamansiswa school complex, flew around the area and
perched on trees wearily when Friday night closed in.

The birds only dared fly home only after the hundreds of PDI
activists, most of them riding motorcycles with modified exhaust
pipes which roared deafeningly, cleared off the Tamansiswa
streets.

"The birds seemed confused and flew around the area for a
while before the situation was back to normal," Antara reported
yesterday.

The PDI yelling, banner-waving young activists, turned city
streets into chaos as they jammed the streets, rudely asking
bystanders to raise their hands with three fingers pointing to
the sky.

The gesture symbolizes the minority party's number in next
year's election.

"They scared me to death," said a civil servant who saw the
untimely campaigning. Official electioneering usually kicks off a
month ahead of election day. (pan)