Convicts hope for better Indonesia

KEDIRI, East Java: Hundreds of convicts in Kediri Penitentiary, East Java, voted on Monday, with the hope that the country will be more prosperous, justice will be delivered and security maintained.

Rugianto, 53, an inmate, expressed concern about poor law enforcement in the country. The judiciary sides with the haves and powerful people, while the poor are often the victims of injustice, he said.

"Having cast my vote, I hope that the future legislators and government will uphold justice and enforce the law," he said, after voting in the compound of the penitentiary.

Suwarto, 39, another convict hoped that the next government would be able to take the nation out of the economic crisis.

Nanang, 23, called on the next government to eradicate corruption, as this has dragged Indonesia into an economic crisis and moral bankruptcy. -- Antara