TV stations Rejects To Broadcast Megawati-Prabowo's Campaign Ads

Some Indonesian TV stations rejects to broadcast one of series of campaign advertisements from Megawati-Prabowo campaign team. A Megawati-Prabowo campaign team points there is interference from the authorities behind the rejection of their TV ads.

The authorities mentioned before are the President SBY and his campaign team. Coincidentally President SBY is also a candidate for 2009 Presidential election, so easily can be associated with the issue of that prohibition matter.

President SBY's campaign team chairman Hatta Radjasa told reporters at a media conference at Bravo Media Centre (BMC), Teuku Umar street No. 51, Jakarta, "Hahaha.... You could ask about that to the TV stations themselves, are there any interventions? How could, in these era, TV stations obey to intervention," Hatta said no party or individual could exercise censorship against mass media, including TV channels.

Megawati-Prabowo's campaign team secretary-general, Fadli Zon said that, all television stations refused to show the ads. Mega-Prabowo's team was suspicious, rejection was due to the intervention from authorities so that the TV station is not showing their ads.

Indosiar is the only TV station willing to show the ads. The reason is because the materials from this ads already passed a censorship regulation from National Censorship institutions.