ICW poll findings irks Golkar

JAKARTA: Urban voters in the April 5 legislative election had chosen political parties known to have a commitment to eradicating corruption and zero tolerance for crooked politicians, a survey revealed on Monday.

The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) survey found that 1,500 respondents across Jakarta, Padang, Bandar Lampung, Bandung, Surabaya, Pontianak, Samarinda, Makassar and Mataram said they had voted against the Golkar Party, the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Concern for the Nation Functional Party (PKPB), as they had associated those parties with crooked politicians.

Lawrence TP Sibuarea, head of Golkar's legal, human rights and environmental division, told the ICW to be prepared for "many lawsuits" following their publication of the polls. -- JP