Protest against crooked politicians

Protest against crooked politicians

BANDUNG: Hundreds of students, youths and activists of non-
governmental organizations (NGOs) staged a rally in Bandung, West
Java, on Wednesday to protest crooked politicians from West Java
who were running for office in the coming elections.

In the rally attended by economist Faisal Basri and singers
Franky Sahilatua and Harry Roesli, the protesters named five
legislative candidates for whom they said the public should not
vote.

Eko Arif Nugroho, the protest coordinator, named the five as
Kurdi Mukri, a deputy speaker of West Java provincial council who
will contest the election on the United Development Party (PPP)
ticket, Udin Koswara, a legislative candidate from the Concern
for the Nation Functional Party (PKPB) and Iyos Sumantri, Dede
Achmad Zaini and Dadang Naser. The last three are the legislative
candidates from the Golkar Party.

All five have been named suspects in graft cases.

Faisal Basri, the chairman of the Preparatory Committee for
the Indonesian Movement (KPPI), said the committee would make
public the complete list of crooked legislative candidates.

"We are ready to face lawsuits from those legislative
candidates, should it come to that," he said. -- JP