People told to vote for the rich

People told to vote for the rich

PADANG, West Sumatra: Golkar Party member and former manpower
minister Abdul Latief visited his hometown here not to campaign
for his party but for Zairin Kasim, a Regional Representative
Council (DPD) candidate.

Other Golkar members, including chairman of the party's
provincial chapter here Leonardi Harmaini, were also present to
support Zairin, who owns an automotive show room.

Latief told the people not to vote for ordinary people,

"Vote for a wealthy person with lots of money instead of the
poor. I would say that Zairin Kasim is the right choice," said
Latief, a businessman who served as the manpower minister under
former president Soeharto between 1992 and 1997.

Zairin, fourth in the list of DPD candidates from West
Sumatra, promised to help improve small and medium size
enterprises by focusing on the maritime and fishery,
agricultural, cultural and tourist sectors.

"I will also fight for an increase in teachers' salaries so we
can provide high quality education," Zairin pledged. -- JP