Three parties rebuked for money politics
Three parties rebuked for money politics
SEMARANG: The Semarang Election Supervisory Committee (Panwaslu)
rebuked three political parties in the city on Sunday for
engaging in money politics.
Deputy chairman of Semarang committee Abdul Kholik said that
they were the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P),
the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) and the United Democracy
Nationhood Party (PPDK).
The PDI-P was rebuked for distributing free basic necessities,
including two kilograms of rice and sugar per resident, on
Saturday to people in Mijen subdistrict, Gunungpati district.
The PKS was reprimanded after it sold cheap kerosene to
residents in Tambaklorok fishing village in North Semarang
district on Thursday, while the PPDK was rebuked for conducting
an insecticide spaying operation in Kramas subdistrict, Tembalang
district, on Sunday. -- JP
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Wiranto rally canceled for lack of police permit
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Wiranto rally canceled for lack of police permit
BATANG, Central Java: Gen. (ret) Wiranto, a presidential hopeful
for Golkar Party, canceled his plan on Sunday to stage a Golkar
rally at the Gelora field, Batang, after the helicopter he was
aboard failed to obtain permission from the police to land in the
field.
The helicopter flew over the field at around 12 midday for a
few minutes, while thousands of Golkar supporters standing in the
field cheered and waved at it.
The helicopter quickly flew off.
The supporters seemed disappointed by Wiranto's absence, but
quickly cheered up again after a group of dangdut singers began
strutting their stuff.
Moh. Hasbi, the chairman of the Golkar Party's Central Java
chapter, said that Wiranto had continued his journey to the
troubled province of Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam to campaign there.
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SBY hires security professionals
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SBY hires security professionals
BANDUNG: Following frequent threatening phone calls, Democratic
Party presidential hopeful Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, familiarly
called SBY, has hired security guards from a company called 911.
Susilo, a retired four-star Army general, told reporters late
on Saturday that he had often received disturbing calls from
unidentified persons since the election campaign began on March
11.
Susilo, a former Coordinating Minister for Security and
Political Affairs, said that he needed to tighten up his security
in order to avoid anything untoward.
"I don't know whether these threats are real or not, but I'd
better to be prepared," he said.
He said that 911 was chosen as it had trained security guards,
including ones who knew how to react to shootings and bombings.
"They are professionals. We are hiring them for the election
campaign," he said. -- JP
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Family dispute almost triggers riot
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Family dispute almost triggers riot
KEDIRI, East Java: Two brothers, the supporters of different
parties, clashed on Sunday, and almost spurred a major riot in
the East Java town of Kediri.
The dispute began on Saturday night when a convoy of trucks
from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) passed
along a street in Surat subdistrict.
Suddenly, Mat Thoyib, 53, threw a stone at a crowd of PDI-P
supporters riding on a truck. Sukiran, 50, the younger brother of
Thoyib, quickly got off the truck and chased Thoyib.
He caught Thoyib, and tried to rebuke him. But Thoyib, an
ardent supporter of Golkar, immediately punched him on the face.
Local residents calmed the two down and brought Thoyib to the
nearby Mojo police district headquarters to save him from the
angry PDI-P crowd.
The PDI-P supporters chased them to the police station and
demanded that the police hand over Thoyib to them, but after they
were assured by police officers that the case would be processed,
the PDI-P crowd dispersed peacefully.
Kediri Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Sutrisno confirmed the
incident. "Thoyib is being held at Mojo police headquarters," he
said. -- Antara