Fishermen skip Indramayu election

Fishermen skip Indramayu election

INDRAMAYU, West Java: An estimated 80,000 fishermen did not vote
in the Indramayu regency election on Sept. 22, said Bachtiar of
the Indramayu General Elections Commission on Monday.

The fishermen were among the 379,992 eligible voters who chose
not to cast their ballots in the election, said Bachtiar. A total
of 1,224,122 people were eligible to vote in the election.

A number of fishermen said they chose to skip the election
because they did not trust any of the candidates. They said past
experience had taught them that politicians did not fight for the
interests of the people, so voting was a waste of time.

The election was won by the candidates from the Golkar Party,
M.S. Syaifuddin and his running mate Herry Sudjati, who received
570,037 votes. -- JP