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Bill automatically appoints sultan as governor

The government and the House of Representatives (DPR) finally agreed that the Yogyakarta sultan will automatically serve as the governor of the province

The Jakarta Post
Fri, July 6, 2012

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Bill automatically appoints sultan as governor

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he government and the House of Representatives (DPR) finally agreed that the Yogyakarta sultan will automatically serve as the governor of the province.

The agreement puts an end to the debate on whether or not a regional election is needed to elect the governor of Yogyakarta, which was the nation’s capital city in the 1940s.

Several lawmakers on Commission II overseeing home affairs and regional autonomy previously recommended a gubernatorial election in a bid to limit the authority of Yogyakarta’s sultan.

“After a series of tough discussions, we have finally agreed that the bill must endorse the sultan as the province’s governor without an election. This marks the special status of the province,” Commission II chief Agun Gunandjar Sudarsa of the Golkar Party announced after hearing with the Home Ministry’s director general of regional autonomy, Djohermansyah Djohan, on Thursday.

He added that the House believed in the ability of the sultan to lead Yogyakarta as the bill mandated similar qualifications it required of gubernatorial candidates from other regions.

A House working committee to deliberate the bill is reported to have completed all crucial elements and is set to sub

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