i gave my votes for the representatives for Indonesian parliament, on the right day (hahaha).
i did that at "TPS" near my house after i had "bidding time" with no sleep for 18 hours..
one think that came immediately on my mind when i ride my motorcycle to TPS was "should i do this? even, i don' t know which candidate whom i want to choose".
"maybe the opportunity cost of giving my vote on that day, was too much because my eyes actually couldn't open anymore and my body asked me to sleep"
When i arrived at TPS, honestly i felt lil' bit confused about what i had to do..
i never cared about the socialization of " contreng system", what type of vote which can be counted as a valid vote or not, i don't really know for exactly..
And my confusing became bigger when I realized that I don’t know which candidates that I have to be chosen..
Then, I gave my card to the TPS officer and waited for my turn… "MARTHA SAFITRI!" so, I took 4 voting papers from the officer and went to the voting cubicle..
I shake my head for a while ..ck,ck,ck,ck…. And grumbled (but loudly) " GEDE AMAT YAKK KERTASNYA…!! Boros banget deh, pake duit rakyat nih belinya..!"
Person who was in next cubicle in my right side, said " berisik lo hep, udah pilih aja deh" (he is my friend)
Person who was in next cubicle in my left side, side "makanya dek, kamu generasi penerus ntar dibikin yang lebih baek system pemilunya ya..!" (he is my 50years old neighbor)
After opened the voting papers I started to choose "my hero".. hahahahaha!!! There was no one who really my hero or at least I can give my trust to be "my hero" in legislative house..
On DPD list: there is no one that I known.. so, I just did " cap cip cup belalang kuncup…" voilaa!!!! The pen pointed on 1 candidate's photo, so I chose him..
On DPRD province list :everyday I go to campus by "my lovely ojek" I am always attracted (disturbed) by 1 big banner for the campaign attribute of 1 candidate. Because I think it would be "mubazir" if I didn’t chose him whereas he already spent lots of money for that banner so I chose him..(what a kind person I am)
On DPR list: at least, I know 1 candidates.. likely, he is smart, but I don’t really know he is honest and can do people's trust on him or not..BUT, because he is my friend's father and he campaigned attractively around depok…so, I CHOSE HIM..
On DPRD depok list: hahahahha.. there was my lecturer on the "white party" list…because he gave me A on poverty economy class, so I chose him….
The last confusing of me was, it was so hard to refold the voting papers…
Yup, maybe i am a stupid voter with full of asymetric information in Indonesian general election of 2009. surely, there must be lots of people who face same problem with me..
Am I stupid so I didn’t know for exactly the procedures of voting?
Maybe, it was not because I am stupid but more about I don’t care….
Am I stupid so that I did some stupid ritual and used stupid reasons to choose the candidates??? maybe but not really I think…
I am not well informed about what they want to do to us, what programs that they bring and how deserve they are to be our representatives in legislative house…
They more concerned about their stupid pose and stupid tagline on their banner of campaign… they chose to set up "dangdutan" to attract people rather than informed people about their ability, capacity, and programs to community..
I felt little bit guilty after I gave my votes yesterday… because I didn't use my rational reason and my "educated brain" to chose them… but, I promise my self to try harder to find out about my next president candidates…(though I still confused, actually its my obligation or theirs to informed their potential voters)
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