Unscrupulous parties announced

Unscrupulous parties announced

JAKARTA: Three non-governmental organizations concerned about
labor and poverty announced on Thursday political parties and
politicians considered to be unscrupulous, and therefore unworthy
of support.

The Indonesian Labor National Front (FNPBI), Indonesian Labor
Union (GSBI), Indonesian Transportation Labor Union (SBTI) and
the Democratic People's Party (PRD) put all six parties that met
the electoral threshold in the 1999 general election on the list
of so-termed rotten parties for failing to fight for the
interests of workers, democracy and human rights.

"We call on people, especially workers, to boycott these
political parties as they have failed to protect workers but
maintained links with the New Order regime," FNPBI chairwoman
Dita Indah Sari told the media.

The organizations also branded 12 politicians as unscrupulous
for failing to prevent the military operation in Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam. -- JP