ELECTION DRILL

Ani Nurpati, a member of the General Elections Commission (KPU) examines ballot papers taken from a recent mock election at the KPU office in Central Jakarta on Tuesday. For the 2009 general elections, voters will be required to mark their choice with ink rather than perforate it with a nail, as in the last elections. (JP/R. Berto Wedhatama)

Kader Hanura Bakar Atribut Partai

MAKASAR–MI: Ratusan kader dan simpatisan Partai Hanura di Makassar, Sabtu (20/9) sekitar pukul 22.00 Wita, melakukan aksi protes dengan membakar atribut partai di depan Pos Komando (Posko) Pimpinan Anak Cabang (PAC) Kecamatan Bontoala, Jalan Tinumbu Makassar.

Ratusan atribut yang terdiri dari foto Ketua Umum Partai Hanura Wiranto, baliho, poster, baju kaos dan kartu nama para kader dibakar di badan jalan, sehingga menyebabkan arus lalu lintas macet. Para warga sekitar posko juga terlihat berkumpul menyaksikan aksi tersebut. Bahkan terdapat diantaranya anak-anak yang ikut membantu merobek-robek foto.

Menurut sejumlah kader, aksi pembakaran atribut itu sebagai simbol pengunduran diri sejumlah kader dari kepengurusan partai. Mereka merasa kecewa terhadap Dewan Pengurus Cabang (DPC) Kota Makassar dan Dewan Pengurus Daerah (DPD) Sulsel, yang tidak mengakomodir sebagian kader dalam proses penjaringan bakal calon legislatif (caleg).

Aksi ini merupakan yang kedua kalinya. Sebelumnya, Jumat (22/8) sore, puluhan kader juga menggelar aksi unjuk rasa dengan membakar barang-barang bekas, di depan kantor DPD Partai Hanura Sulsel, jalan Urip Sumiharjo. Saat itu para kader melakukan aksi, karena menilai pengurus partai telah melakukan nepotisme dalam menentukan calon anggota legislatif. (Ant/OL-06)

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Rakyat Pilih Pemimpin yang Cerdas

Survey says Indonesian wants younger generation to lead

The Jakarta Post ,
The majority of Indonesian people would prefer the younger generation survive until the next round of general elections and emerge as leaders, a survey shows.

The survey, carried out by the Information Research Institute throughout the archipelago, says that approximately 58 percent of the respondents demand fresh blood.

“It means that the people’s interest in young leaders is very high,” said the institute’s chairman, Johan O Silalahi, as quoted by Antara news agency.

Johan further explained that the survey also revealed that the
majority of the respondents favored chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly, Hidayat Nur Wahid, as the most favored young leader.

Hidayat leads in the survey with 41.8 percent of the total respondents, followed by Rizal Mallarangeng with 13.6 percent and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati with 9.8 percent.

Other familiar names in the survey include Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle secretary general Pramono Anung with 4.9 percent, Prosperous Justice Party president Tifatul Sembiring with 1.9 percent, University of Indonesia chancellor Gumilar R. Soemantri with 1.4 percent and political activist Fadjroel Rachman.

The survey was carried out through face-to-face interviews, using a multi-stage cluster from 2.400 respondent aged 17 and above, with the proportion of urban and rural representatives at 44 and 56 percent. (ast)

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