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Indonesian Update #2

2007 August 07 - Media

Dear Vote Smart Friends,

Dell in Indonesia One of the most interesting discussions so far happened this morning when I had the chance to meet with about 30 college students from across Java during a roundtable discussion of environmental issues here in Indonesia. These students were from various universities and had wide range of experiences, from the State Islamic University to the University of Indonesia to Atmajaya Catholic University. The students were extremely impressive and incredibly knowledgeable and articulate on a wide range of environmental issues. It was truly inspiring to see the level of commitment and depth of concern they had for improving the environmental quality here in Jakarta. The picture here was taken after the discussion when I spent almost 45 minutes talking individually with students about topics as wide ranging as whether I was surviving the bad traffic here in the capital to what I thought of Al Gore's movie, "An Inconvenient Truth".

Dell in Indonesia My afternoon program was co-sponsored by the National Democracy Institute (NDI) and during this session I was able to meet "the enemy"--actual political candidates! Not only were there candidates from Indonesia, but NDI was also hosting a group of politicians from Malaysia who decided to sit in on our discussion. This was a lively group of politicians that was both impressed with the nature and mission of Project Vote Smart as well as horrified that we would hound candidates for good factual information during an election. In the words of one of the discussion participants, "Politicians must really hate you ...

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