Threats and allegations

Threats and allegations

The board conference held by the Indonesian Democratic Party
(PDI) on Tuesday and Wednesday ended with the issuance of a
political declaration and a note of protest regarding the
implementation of the recent general election.

In its political declaration, the PDI said election organizers
and government authorities had violated the principles of a
direct, open, free and secret election as well as those of
honesty and fairness.

In its protest note, the party threatened to consider
abstaining from participation in the subsequent stages of the
election process. It said this threat would be withdrawn only if
the balloting was repeated and legal action was taken against the
offenders. This apparently means that the party would refuse to
sign the balloting and vote counting documents at all levels of
the process.

We have the impression that PDI's political stance reflects
the party's tendency to overcompensate by trying to offset and
cover up its own weaknesses and find a scapegoat for its poor
balloting performance.

-- Suara Karya, Jakarta