CALON PRESIDEN INDONESIA

CALON PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA

Susilo Bambang Yudhoyoyno

Megawati Soekarno Putri

Wiranto

Prabowo

Jusuf Kalla

(Sutiyoso.. Rizal Ramli.. etc etc)


CALON WAKIL PRESIDEN REPUBLIK INDONESIA:

TAK ADA
**semua maunya jadi Presiden .. xixixi*

Siapa pun Calon Presiden-nya... siapa pun Calon Wakil Presidennya, yang pasti dalam berkampanye haruslah memperhatikan masalah2 kesopanan dan moral berpolitik.

Salam Damai
Selamat Ber-Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 untuk Pemilihan CaPres/WaPres

INDONESIA POST ELECTION : COUNTING THE NUMBERS

Indonesians have voted and the Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 (the peaceful campaign) period for legislative elections has somewhat over. Yet it seems we need to continue the campaign as the political atmosphere is a bit "heating up" caused by several factors -- like elections technicalities and political negotiations to name some of them.

The General Elections Commission (KPU) negligence on the voter lists and the slow vote counting, arised some protests both from the parties involved and the people in general. These not only showed the poor performance of the commission but causing uncertainty as well. Leaders of political parties, the national rights body and a number of civil society groups have taken legal action to challenge the April 9 elections’ results. Although the 'negligence' reason is generally understood, if there were indications that these errors were intentional, further investigations and trials will be necessary. Leaders of some political parties even further alleged that many cheating occurred.

Another 'hot topics' are who's going to run as the candidate of President and Vice President on the next Presidential Elections (Pemilu 2009 for Capres dan Wapres)in June. Since there are none of the political parties gained 25 percent of vote, a coalition between parties becomes a must. And this is where the heat arisen. You will be surprised (or maybe you won't .. lolz) how two old time opponents could be friendly united to gain power and fight against the president incumbent who will definitely run for the second period of presidency. I will not go indepth about this, but I think our incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (who's Democratic Party is leading) will be challenged by former President Megawati and probably another candidates couple in the next Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 for President.

Let's wait and see, and hope everything will run peacefully.

Let's hope that the next Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indoenesia 2009 for Presidnet will run peacefully.

Indonesians Vote !

Today, after a-two-weeks 2009 Indonesian Peacefull Elections Campaign (Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009), starting at 7.00am to 12.00am local time, Indonesians will begin voting for legislative member. This is the 3rd elections after the so-called three decades repressive governing by Gen.Suharto. Opposite to only 3 parties to choose from in Suharto's period, this time there are 38 national parties involved, plus 6 local parties for the special district Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. Besides the difference in the amount of the parties involved, there will be also changes in the way people will give their vote ("coblos" vs. "contreng".. let me lookup the words in the dictionary later .. lolzz) and people will have options to choose over the parties or the candidate of legislative members representing the parties , for municipal, provincial and national candidacy.

This "Pemilu 2009" election which will vote for 560 legislative member is quite important since the result will give indications whether Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono -- the incumbent president -- will have a majority support thus excalating his chances to run for a second five-years-term presidency. If his Partai Demokrat (Democratic Party) fail to gain a fifth of the parliament seats - or 25 percent of the popular vote - he will have to seek coalitions from many a.k.a it would be hard for him to run smoothly .

Many pollings showed that Partai Demokrat (Democratic Party) will gain quite a significant numbers of votes in this Pemilu. The Indonesian Survey Institute poll indicated that the Democratic Party would win 26 percent of the popular vote; the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle headed by former President Megawati Sukarnoputri 14 percent; and Golkar 13 percent. The four Islamic-based parties each came in at around 4 percent (to note: quick count indicated that one of the Islamic party, Partai Keadilan Sejahtera, already gained around 8 percent) The survey, based on interviews with 2,486 people, had a margin of error of 2.3 percent. But with around 171 million elegible voters getting smarter and becoming more independent, nothing is certain.

Being a national holiday, up to this moment the situation seems calm and, despite of the technicalities shambles of the Elections Commissions, people are lining up to give their vote.

Whatever the result will be, let's hope this Pemilu 2009 will be as peacefull as the Kampanye Damai Pemilu Indonesia 2009 peacefull campaign period.

Let's celebrate Democracy!