Many political parties idle

Many political parties idle

KENDARI, Southeast Sulawesi: Many political parties have shown no activity and their presence is a mere formality to show their existence, a local watchdog said Friday.

Ahmadi Wardus of the Regional Independent Elections Monitoring Committee said many party branches did not have money to fund their activities and have too few supporters to campaign.

"The activists have adequate resources to develop their parties let alone making any effort to win the local elections," he told Antara.

He said that of the 36 political parties which have representative offices in Southeast Sulawesi, no more than eight have shown any significant activity.

The rest did not have resources to make available banners or to conduct indoor monolog campaigning. "It's a deplorable situation," he said.

The most active parties are Golkar, Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan), Crescent Star Party (PBB), National Awakening Party (PKB), National Mandate Party (PAN) and Justice and Unity Party (PKP).