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[At] a recent Golkar campaign rally, rumors were spread by an unidentified source that the wife of Boediono is a Catholic – she is not. (Editorial, The Jakarta Post)
The fact that such an issue became news at all reflects voter’s discomfort with the idea of having a leader associated with Christianity. If there really was no problem of religious tolerance, if the so-called Pancasila state was all it purports to be, such an issue would not have made headlines.
A similar controversy surrounded Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono before he became president in 2004, just because his wife’s name is Kristiani, which sounds too much like Christianity to some people.
Leaders of Indonesia’s Catholic minority recently sent a letter to the Kalla-Wiranto team asking them to revoke 151 regional regulations they deem contradictory to the values of Pancasila.
Full article @ The Jakarta Post
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