PDI campaigner sings alone

PDI campaigner sings alone

JAKARTA: Many people at rallies do not believe in the parties
organizing them. They follow the "fiesta of democracy" for the
thrill of joining thousands of people at rallies or for other
reasons.

No wonder many do not know the leaders or policies of the
parties holding the rallies.

Djeni Suharso, an Indonesian Democratic Party campaigner,
found this out the hard way Sunday while addressing a PDI rally
in North Jakarta.

He took the microphone and shouted to the crowd, "Okay, let's
start singing the PDI Anthem."

Then he found he was singing alone. The so-called PDI
supporters stood in baffled silence because they did not know the
words. (swe/05)