Golkar aims at 30 percent of votes

Golkar aims at 30 percent of votes

YOGYAKARTA: Former president Soeharto's Golkar Party, the
second largest faction in the House of Representatives, aims to
garner 30 percent of total votes in the 2004 elections.

"In next year's elections, we expect to take 30 percent of the
votes, or at least maintain the 24 percent of votes gained by the
party in the 1999 election," Golkar chairman Akbar Tandjung said
on Sunday.

He said Golkar would offer various programs to convince the
people to vote for the party, including poverty eradication by
making the economy grow and luring investment.

Golkar would also improve the people's awareness of democracy
to help build a civil society, he told his supporters while
celebrating the party's 39th anniversary in Wates, Kulonprogo,
Yogyakarta. --Antara