Use of NU image protested

JAKARTA: Yusuf Hasyim, the head of the Tebu Ireng Islamic boarding school in Jombang, East Java, filed a complaint with the General Elections Commission on Tuesday over the use of images of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) founder Hasyim Asy'ari.

Images of the NU founder have been used nationwide in posters distributed by the campaign team for presidential candidate Megawati Soekarnoputri and her running mate Hasyim Muzadi.

"Hasyim Asy'ari is a national hero and he should not be used as a political commodity," Yusuf, who is also Hasyim Asy'ari's son, said.

Yusuf called on Megawati's campaign team to take down the posters using his father's image and demanded they run apologies in national print and television media for seven days. -- JP