Country Quote by Andre Vltchek

Indonesian people have no idea whom they are actually voting for, or of what their political system consists of. It is so easy to…

— Andre Vltchek

Now the dictatorship or call it the 'Indonesian regime', fully consolidated its power... You see, the West told Indonesians, indirectly of course, that 'democracy'…

— Andre Vltchek

In Indonesia, there are many parties, but they are all pro-business and for the elites, and all their candidates, including Jokowi, are pre-selected, and…

— Andre Vltchek

'Colonialism' and 'democracy' are two contradictory terms. In order to be 'democratic' a country has to be free. Right now, Indonesian people are slaves:…

— Andre Vltchek

Indonesia has already been governed for too long by sclerotic uncles who have sold their nation off to foreign companies and governments. These people…

— Andre Vltchek

As it is now, decades after 1965, the people of Indonesia have no clue about any other system except their own, or about true democracy.

— Andre Vltchek

Voting in this country has essentially been relegated to a very fledging group of election officials, who receive no training and operate on shoestring…

— DeForest Soaries

I believe that Indonesia has to first be ruled by some form of a socialist system, before we can even start talking about 'democracy'.

— Andre Vltchek

Indonesian people have to regain power, regain control over their own country. And that will never come without a struggle.

— Andre Vltchek

To create such people, such People's Representatives in Indonesia, would take decades, and they can only grow up in a fundamentally different political system,…

— Andre Vltchek

On my travels around the world, I've met people in countries where democracy doesn't exist and if it does, they are intimidated into voting…

— Ross Kemp

The very act of voting is a political act.

— Aparna Sen