One-sided political talk show

One-sided political talk show

From Media Indonesia

My friend and I, now experiencing a political euphoria, are
disappointed every time we watch the program Detak Detik Pemilu,
broadcast simultaneously by all private TV stations. The talk
show is hosted by Wimar Witoelar.

1. The program is not neutral. It has become a platform to
force one's own will by supporting a certain political party so
its chairperson will become president.

2. The participants are all in favor of a certain political
party, except for Adnan Buyung Nasution.

3. Phone-ins attacking that party are ignored or cut off by
Wimar so the participants are not given the opportunity to reply
to questions by viewers. The organizers do not take into account
the great difficulty getting a telephone connection. Strangely,
the people whose calls go through are those in favor of the
party. I suspect that the program may be engineered to support
the party.

4. The PPI (Indonesian Elections Committee) representative is
always Jacob Tobing, who is a functionary of the party favored by
the program. There are actually others, like Hasballah M. Saad
and Djuhad Mahya, the PPI deputy chairman. It is unfair. The
General Elections Commission is represented by a variety of
people.

Based on the above reasons I appeal to the government,
especially the PPI, the Information Ministry and related agencies
to stop the program that keeps people ignorant and imposes its
will on them.

FAOZAN AMAR

Semarang