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Opinion 6 years ago
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Election as transaction of trust
In many respects, the House of Representatives elected in 2014 performed poorly. Members’ attendance records were barely 40 percent. And a number of its members, including the speaker and one of the deputies, were implicated in corruption scandals.
Editorial 6 years ago
Enthusiasm not enough
On the bright side, several incidents that marked early voting in a number of polling stations overseas demonstrated the enthusiasm of Indonesians in exercising their right to elect their representatives and leader. The hiccups, however, also teach their compatriots at home a lesson not to take their voting rights for granted.
Opinion 6 years ago
Election scandal in Malaysia taints election integrity
The 2019 election is the second election for me outside Indonesia. Before then, I didn't think much about it because the percentage of permanent voters outside the country is too small compared to total number of voters in Indonesia. For 2019, it represents only 1 percent of the total voters.
Editorial 6 years ago
Keep calm and vote
What transpired in the past week, especially in what has been widely suspected to be vote-rigging in Malaysia and the fact that hundreds of Indonesians in Sydney, Australia, were disenfranchised could be a cause for concern for those closely watching the 2019 general election.
