Vote for Golkar, take new husband

Vote for Golkar, take new husband

JAKARTA: Golkar supporters are promising almost anything to
get people to join their ranks.

A noisy motorcade of 40 Golkar supporters slowed down to speak
to a group of women in Moslem attire yesterday on a roadside in
Durikosambi, West Jakarta.

One motorcyclist yelled, "Long live Golkar," and made a two
finger sign at the middle-aged ladies. "Vote for Golkar Bu Haji!"
he said before speeding away.

Bu Haji is the term for a Moslem woman who has been on the haj
pilgrimage to Mecca, or is the wife of a Mecca pilgrimage
veteran.

Then a man among a tightly packed group on a truck shouted at
the women, who returned the two-finger Golkar sign, "Bu Haji,
vote for Golkar and take an additional husband". (pan)