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HEADLINES OF MAJOR INDONESIAN NEWSPAPERS ON WEDNESDAY

Jakarta, July 9 (ANTARA) - Following are headlines of major Indonesian newspapers on Wednesday.

The Jakarta Post JAPANESE FIRMS LODGE PROTEST OVER BLACKOUTSA Japanese lobby group in Indonesia, backed by the Japanese Embassy, has lodged a protest with the Indonesian government and the state-owned power utility company over the recent series of power blackouts.

Media Indonesia NEW PARTIES BUT OLD STOCKS, REGENERATION PROCESS JAMMEDMost of new political parties to join the 2009 General Elections are actually old stocks. The Poll participating parties' leaders are also old faces. As the younger generation said "it's the generation of my grandpa and my grandma'. Regeneration Process is jammed.

Republika SIMPLIFICATION OF PARTIES FAILSEfforts to simplify the number of political parties have been considered to have failed. Instead of progressing toward a simple multi party system, the number of political parties joining the 2009 General Elections is increasing.

Kompas BIG NUMBER OF PARTIES GIVES NO ALTERNATIVEThe big number of political parties for the 2009 General elections is believed not to give much benefits to the people, and instead it is confusing. The ideology and platform offered by the parties are similar so it will not be able to give alternatives to the public.


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