PAN supporters ditch campaign stop

PAN supporters ditch campaign stop

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: About 1,000 supporters of the National
Mandate Party (PAN) abandoned a PAN campaign rally held on Friday
at the Bumi Tamalanrea Permai field in Makassar city.

The supporters initially flooded the field at 1 p.m and
listened attentively to the PAN campaigners, who spelled out the
party's programs.

But the supporters apparently grew bored with the speeches and
began leaving the field on motorcycles and in cars. They then
took part in a PAN convoy through the city.

There have been similar occurrences at campaign rallies for
other political parties, signaling that many people are not that
interested in a party's programs, instead preferring street
campaigns. -- JP

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Council building deserted during campaign

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: The East Kalimantan provincial
council building on Jl. Karang Paci here was deserted on Friday,
the second day of the election campaign, as most of the
councillors were busy on the campaign trail.

Only administrative staffers were seen in the office.

"Most of the councillors are busy campaigning or holding
meetings with their constituents. However, they have promised
that they will come into the office," said Effendy, a commission
secretary for the council.

The last council meeting was held several days ago, when the
councillors discussed the provincial budget. However, only 21 out
of the 45 councillors attended the meeting, Effendy said.

Sugeng Haryadi, a political observer, lashed out at the
councillors, saying they were selfish. -- JP

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Parties fail to inform KPU of campaigns

YOGYAKARTA: Local journalists questioned on Friday the
preparations of political parties for the election campaign in
Yogyakarta.

"I doubt whether the political parties were ready to campaign.
It is the second day of the campaign, but the political parties
have not yet informed poll organizers where they will campaign
and who their campaigners will be," said Yuyuk Sugarman, a local
journalist.

A similar concern was raised by a member of the Yogyakarta
mayoralty's Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu), Agus
Triyatno.

He said many political parties had yet to inform the
Yogyakarta General Elections Commission (KPUD) of their campaign
schedules, which also posed a problem for Panwaslu. -- JP

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Candidates have slip of the tongue

JAYAPURA, Papua: Maybe they were nervous or just overly
emotional, but two campaigners for the Indonesian Democratic
Party of Struggle (PDI-P) had a difficult time pronouncing
"aspiration" during a campaign rally at Trikora field in
Jayapura.

Rosiati Anwar, a legislative candidate for the party, took
three times to get the correct pronunciation of "aspiration".

"Brothers and sisters, vote for PDI-P because this is the
only party that fights for the people's aspira ... aspira ...
aspirations," she said.

The crowd was quick to jump on her slip of the tongue with a
round of boos.

Similar trouble was experienced by Frans Siriwa, another PDI-P
legislative candidate. -- JP

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Supporters demand T-shirts

SURABAYA: Several participants of a campaign rally for the
Indonesian Unity Party (PPD) complained on Friday that they were
not given T-shirts by party officials.

The T-shirt-less rally participants shouted at party officials
on stage at the Gelora Deltras Stadium in Surabaya.

"We need T-shirts," they said.

The shouts did not produce any T-shirts but they certainly
disrupted the campaign.

Some of the participants abandoned the rally when it became
obvious that party officials were not going to produce the
shirts. -- JP