Road menace: Motorists driving past party flags placed on bicycle lane barriers in Menteng, Jakarta. — The Jakarta Post/ANN
Elections watchdogs and members of the public have called for more order and restraint in the placement of campaign flags and banners in response to a series of recent road accidents caused by falling campaign materials.
On Monday, a campaign banner for House of Representatives candidate Ilma Sovri Yanti of the Indonesian Solidarity Party (PSI), who is seeking the Jakarta I electoral district’s seat, fell on a man and a woman riding a motorcycle in Cakung, East Jakarta.
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