The big watchword for the upcoming Indonesian legislative and presidential elections in 2014 is golput. Golput, which has its history in the New Order regime, is perhaps best understood as a form of protest vote against the current political establishment. It tends to take the form of low voter turnout or intentional non-marking of the ballot to invalidate it.
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Defeating the Taliban is a moral imperative; conversely, to appease them would be against everything we believe in, stand for, fight for and died for. It would be the ultimate betrayal of our values.
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