PDI activists cross to Golkar

PDI activists cross to Golkar

UJUNGPANDANG, South Sulawesi: About 100 Indonesian Democratic
Party (PDI) activists loyal to the government-backed Soerjadi
shifted allegiance to the dominant Golkar party yesterday.

They changed their political affiliation in a ceremony in
which they threw away their red (PDI color) T-shirts and put on
the new yellow (Golkar color) ones.

"From today onward, we will never give our political loyalty
to any party but Golkar," said Venny Vanry Kondoy, South Sulawesi
PDI vice chief who led the cross-over.

South Sulawesi PDI chief loyal to Soerjadi, Andi Hasit, said
he did not believe those crossing to Golkar were really PDI
activists.

He believed the event was engineered by PDI's opponents to
boost Golkar's position in next month's election. (30)