Guess What? Yuni Shara

Guess What? Yuni Shara

Yuni Shara, the highly popular singer of golden oldies, is
cutting connections with the ruling Golkar now when the party's
popularity sinks amid the unrelenting public demand for reform.

The petite singer lamented that her fans mock her as "Golkar's
artist" because she performed at its rallies during the 1997
election campaign.

Yuni is so bitter about the derision that she has vowed to
stay clear of rallies of all political parties in the general
election campaign to kick off in May.

"Never again," she told journalists when attending the annual
conference of PT Supra Luxindo Utama in Yogyakarta on Tuesday.
"Imagine how disgusting it is to be called a 'Golkar artist' only
because I sang for Golkar supporters."

Yuni argued she was being professional when she accepted
Golkar's contract offer and she was "not in a position to reject
it".

"I swear it wasn't because I was a Golkar sympathizer," she
said.

The native of Malang, East Java, demurred on relinquishing her
signature style of polishing up old songs for modern audiences.

"It's OK as long as it's profitable and entertaining. People
nowadays like buying old song cassettes because they are cheaper
than new songs." (44)