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Track records of the candidates

From Koran Tempo

In the ongoing presidential campaigns, the public is fed only with favorable information about the candidates. It is therefore time for the public to know about the "minuses" of the candidates.

It is only proper that the less impressive aspects of the candidates' track records should be made public so that the public will have complete knowledge about them.

If a dark side is revealed, the candidate should come forward with an explanation. In this way the public will learn what really happened in the past and will elect the right candidate. If this aspect of presidential candidates were kept secret, even if they won the presidential election democratically, the public would suffer in the end.

ICHSAN SYAIFUDDIN Bogor, West Java