TUESDAY'S NEWSPAPER HEADLINES

Jakarta, May 19 (ANTARA) - Following are some of the headlines in major Indonesian dailies published here on Tuesday.


The Jakarta Post
KALLA SELLS NATIONALISM TO BUSINESSES

Presidential candidate Jusuf Kalla is selling a line on economic nationalism to top business people, despite his family's close business ties with Japan.


Jakarta Globe
MIGRANT TIDE 'CAN'T BE HELD BACK'

Despite an apparent rise in the number of illegal migrants using Indonesia as a stepping-stone on their way to Australia, immigration officials say they can do nothing more to stem the flow.


Kompas
POLITICAL CONTRACT SHOULD BE TRANSPARENT

All pairs of presidential and vice presidential candidates have made political contract as part of their readiness to work together. But that political contract should be announced transparently and spelled out in detail.


Media Indonesia
DPS IN DISARRAY, KPU FINDS SCAPE GOAT

The actualization of temporal voters list (DPS) for the upcoming presidential election is still in disarray, and the General Election Commission (KPU) said the main cause of it was the government's slothfulness in providing the funds for it.


Republika
JK COMMITTED TO REALIZING INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ECONOMY

Jusuf Kalla, presidential aspirant nominated by Golkar Party and People's Conscious Party (Hanura), reiterated his commitment to realizing independent national economy.