Five pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates

Five pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates
will contest the presidential election on July 5. It is estimated
that more people will vote in the presidential election than
voted in the legislative election. Each pair of candidates and
their campaign teams will certainly try to win over as many
voters as possible.

In this context, the campaign teams will, among other things,
draft the candidates' platforms and make use of the media and
other networks to promote their candidates. As these campaign
teams have begun their work, they allegedly have been involved
in, among other things, character assassination and negative
propaganda.

It is only proper, therefore, that at this juncture we urge
these teams to exercise self-restraint and politeness in
criticizing other presidential and vice presidential candidates
during the campaign. They have to heed the principles of
democracy and ethics.

LINDA SURACHMAN
Jakarta