Protest voters, young voters vie for public support

JAKARTA: Over the weekend, only days before the elections, some of the country’s youth staged rallies to encourage people to vote while protest voters, who are calling themselves “golput”, stepped up their criticism against the current political system and reiterated their intention to not vote for any politician.

People associated with the golput movement have reiterated that abstention is a legitimate form of protest against the government, while young voters in Medan, North Sumatra, and Semarang, Central Java, have publicly denounced the act of non-voting.