Jakarta – The maneuver of some political parties to include celebrity personalities on their legislative candidate lists clearly shows that those parties are desperate to lure voters, an analyst says.

Faisal Basri, chief of the Committee for the Preparation of the Indonesian Movement (KPPI), said Tuesday that there was little relevance between the actual needs of the nation and the legislative candidates abilities.

While the nation was in need of addressing unemployment and poverty issues, political parties were busy nominating actors and actresses seats as legislative candidates.

"It wouldn't be a problem if the political parties were preparing to do television soap operas," Faisal said at a discussion Tuesday.

Among celebrity personalities listed as legislative candidates are Sophia Latjuba and Marissa Haque by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle; Nurul Arifin by Golkar; Emillia Contessa and Mieke Widjaya by the United Development Party; Rieke Dyah Pitaloka by the National Awakening Party; and Dede Yusuf and Paquita Wijaya by the National Mandate Party.