Waspada
Online - April 6, 2009
Medan – The
North Sumatra Union for the Politics of the Poor Front (FPPRM) believes that
the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has failed. Because of
this therefore, they are opposing the 2009 general elections.
In addition
to this, seen from the General Election Commission's level of preparation and
logistics the FPPRM believes that the government has yet do demonstrate its
seriousness about holding the elections.
This has
been demonstrated in various parts of the country where there are duplicate
voters, political parties that have not submitted campaign funding reports plus
the many criminal electoral violations that remain untouched by the law.
“Currently
there is no political party that originates from the people’s movement. The 2009
elections are not political education for the people but exhibit the buying and
selling of votes. If the 2009 elections go ahead, it will result in the people
suffering even further because of the high price of basic commodities”, said
FPPRM representative Muhammad Roslan.
The solution
being offered by the FPPRM is for the ordinary people to build their own force
by uniting the people themselves like the people’s struggle against the Suharto
dictatorship in 1998. “The people united will never be defeated”, said Roslan.
(amr/wol-mdn)
[Translated
by James Balowski.]
