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Indonesia's newest sport
Charle, Suzanne | July 5, 1999 issue

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The article presents information about elections in Indonesia. At voting station TPS 12 in central Jakarta, Indonesia, a crowd sat eagerly watching as election officials called out and marked, ballot by ballot, the tally. The few times that Golkar, the ruling party, which had been President Suharto's well-oiled political machine snagged a vote, derisive whoops, a sort of Indonesian Bronx cheer, swirled into the dusty afternoon heat. Enthusiastic cheers greeted votes for the leading opposition parties. When a solitary vote was chalked up to the Christian party, everyone laughed and pointed as a slim man graciously smiled and saluted his neighbors. Democracy was Indonesia's newest sport and the people loved it.

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ELECTIONS; POLITICAL parties; DEMOCRACY; POLITICS, Practical; VOTING; POLITICAL participation; INDONESIA
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