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Text your say: High-profile politicians lose seats
Your comments on the possible loss of seats in the House of Representatives by a number of big-name politicians following quick-count results from the April 9 legislative election:The voters were probably busy trying to assure themselves that their presidential choices would sit well with a particular set of elected legislators
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strong>Your comments on the possible loss of seats in the House of Representatives by a number of big-name politicians following quick-count results from the April 9 legislative election:
The voters were probably busy trying to assure themselves that their presidential choices would sit well with a particular set of elected legislators.
I think the general public must be totally fed up with the endemic corruption in the government and so they probably had trouble choosing who to vote for.
Poor voters!
Moeljono
Jakarta
It's the reality of this country's political system.
Joo Rugian Mandev
That's democracy. People's political awareness is showing a significant change. A general election is an important political moment to determine who deserves a seat in the House.
Giggsy Gailea
They don't deserve a second term. They have behaved very badly and failed so immensely and it is wrong for the Indonesian people to have to bear the burden of paying them.
I'm sure media outlets like yours are sick of those money-hungry politicians.
The vast majority of Indonesians see no more reason to have those morons in the House.
John Berkhmans
High-profile politicians have lost their seats because they did not campaign hard enough.
They thought they were popular but they were not.
So, now it is a time for big-time politicians to take a big rest.
Taco de Vries
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