On the presidential election.

None of the presidential hopefuls appealed to me thus far. Doesn't mean I'm not interested or following though.

I am amazed that from the moment they announce the presidential candidates, the one thing the parties and people talk about is RELIGION.
Does it matter so much if one candidate's WIFE wear scarf over her head or not? (I thought it was to be worn by choice? ). Does practicing a different religion would make a person less capable in being a candidate for presidency?
As if there aren't enough issues to discuss. As if there aren't enough conflict on differences already. Yeah, "in unity we stand", the say, whatever happen to that???

The, earlier in the campaign, one of the presidential hopefuls was asked what does his opinion about KDRT (a commond abbreviation on Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga, Indonesian for Domestic Violence, DV). And guess what did he say?
He asked what KDRT is! Uhmmm...hello, I know it's an abbreviation, but considering the situation nowadays, I bet the abbreviation comes up every an hour lately. And he didn't know what KDRT is?? @_@ And he tried to get out of it (after he was explained what KDRT stands for) by saying "Oh, I know such cases as Mrs. C (national singer which recently involved in DV), but I don't know what KDRT stands for because I've never done it." Uhhhhmmmm...yeah. Rite. Presidential candidate.

Oh! And to make things more interesting! One candidate's team spokesman made a politically incorrect comment. He said it was not yet time for the country to be led by a member of the Bugis ethnic group, the predominant ethnicity in South Sulawesi. WTH? And what makes him a presidential candidate's spokesman in the first place?

On a lighter note. I couldn't help but laugh every time after the presidential candidates debate airs on TV. People comment on how the debate was lively or not. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the debates were held NOT for your entertainment. To see how lively it was. But for your further information to choose one of them to lead you, and this country, for the next 5 years. So the things that should be considered are, do you understand what they're saying? Was it informative for you, so as to help you decide which candidates' political view suits you or which leadership type would you choose? Does it really matter if it was lively or not?

(it amazed me, that the simplest comment on how the candidates' vision seem not to be much different than the other made me miss my political game theory course for a moment)

The blunder made by the general election commission (KPU) just shows further how unprepared they are for the election. I am sorry, but I'd think it's natural to expect that the commission would come up with a politically correct campaign on the election method.

Errrmm....you wouldn't want me to go on about it. So I'll stop. I just need to comment, I was hoping to have a better, politically knowledgeable candidates (and their teams). I guess I was hoping too much? Good thing it's all coming to an end SOON.

oh, p.s:
On the last debate, the presidential hopefuls were asked, what would they do if they were not elected. And here's what they said:
Candidate #1: I will dedicate myself to, and fight for, Indonesian people
Candidate #2: I will congratulate the winner and ask all of my constituents to support the new president. May God bless all of us (selfnote: somehow I found the saying 'may God bless all of us' is the equivalence of 'for world peace' in beauty peagents, a winning guarantee???)
Candidate #3: The best candidate will win this election; I will respect the winner, including if I am the best one. Other wise, I will return home, take care of the mosque, education, and peace efforts. (call me cynical, agnostic, whatever, but hey! Look! He mentioned mosque first than education ;p)
(Taken from The Jakarta Post online)

And being the crooked minded me, I wish to see candidate #3 to loose, just to see if he'll really quit Jakarta and back to his hometown for sure *I am allowed to have my doubts, right? ;D*