I have been very angry with all the flaws during these campaign periods lately. It burns my guts and forces me to change my mind. As I have mentioned before in my writings, I never buy those empty -sometimes also silly- promises from the candidates and happily join the nonvoter group. But the constitutional court verdict two days ago simply confirmed me how ugly the scandals during this presidential election. The next day it got worse with the confirmation from Hafiz Anshary himself, head of General Election Commision (KPU), who admitted there are tens of millions of unidentified people, children, deceased, and servicemen who were registered as legal voters (The Jakarta Post, July 8, 2009).
It simply reminds me into another scandal, the controversial leaked email, that said, “Their enemy is not us, but the limited time”. Well done, Foxy boys, you have opened my eyes and I did vote! My choice would unlikely win but, hey, there is always hope.
This presidential election, somehow, brought back the memory of general elections in the Soeharto Era: no enthusiasm. When my absentee ballot never made to my mailbox, I didn’t feel like missing something. I voted in April, so I must be registered. What if someone out there “generously” used my ballot on my behalf? That would make me one of millions of KPU’s victims. Sad.
RITA : thanks for sharing Mas, this is indeed very serious but I believe that it is going to be forgotten soon. The very unprofessional KPU people would likely go without any punishment for their poor performance.