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Parties nominate former graft convict, plus extortion suspect
Big envelope: Regent and deputy regent running mates Deno Kamelus (second left) and Victor Madur (far left) hand over a document while registering at the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) Manggarai office, Manggarai regency in East Nusa Tenggara province on Monday
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Big envelope: Regent and deputy regent running mates Deno Kamelus (second left) and Victor Madur (far left) hand over a document while registering at the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) Manggarai office, Manggarai regency in East Nusa Tenggara province on Monday. The pair are supported by a coalition of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the Democrat Party, Gerindra Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI).(JP/Markus Makur) (second left) and Victor Madur (far left) hand over a document while registering at the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) Manggarai office, Manggarai regency in East Nusa Tenggara province on Monday. The pair are supported by a coalition of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the Democrat Party, Gerindra Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI).(JP/Markus Makur)
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span class="inline inline-center">Big envelope: Regent and deputy regent running mates Deno Kamelus (second left) and Victor Madur (far left) hand over a document while registering at the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) Manggarai office, Manggarai regency in East Nusa Tenggara province on Monday. The pair are supported by a coalition of the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS), the Democrat Party, Gerindra Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), the Crescent Star Party (PBB) and the Indonesian Justice and Unity Party (PKPI).(JP/Markus Makur)
One graft suspect and another man convicted of the offense are two highlights of the list of candidates being offered up for the upcoming elections for regional heads ' candidates who are, for the most part, the incumbents of the positions they are seeking.
Barru Regent Andi Idris Syukur of South Sulawesi, who was recently named a suspect for extortion, money laundering and graft by the police, registered at the regency office of the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) on Monday on a ticket under a coalition of the Gerindra Party, the Hanura Party, the United Development Party (PPP) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).
'We accepted the registration as there has not yet been a permanent legal decision [against Andi],' said KPU Barru commissioner Muhammad Saleng.
In Semarang, a coalition of the PKS and the National Awakening Party (PKB) are running former mayor Soemarmo Hadi Saputro, who was sentenced to one-and-a-half years in prison for corruption committed during his tenure a few years ago. He registered at the KPUD office on the second day of the registration period.
Meanwhile, the incumbent Semarang Mayor Hendrar Prihadi is being supported by the Indonesia Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the Democratic Party, Nasdem and the PPP to run again. Hendrar was deputy mayor when Soemarmo was mayor.
On Sunday, the PDI-P was the first party to register candidates: incumbent Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini and Surakarta Mayor FX Hadi Rudyatmo.
Many observers earlier said the incumbents would be reelected because of their high popularity.
In West Sumatra, incumbent Governor Irwan Prayitno, who is a PKS politician, has picked Pesisir Selatan Regent Nasrul Abit as his running mate to run in the election. The candidate pair, who were also nominated by Gerindra, registered at the West Sumatra KPUD on the second day of registration on Monday.
After registering, Irwan said he was running again because of demands from members of the community and the bureaucracy, as well as to complete tasks he has left unfinished during his five-year tenure.
He added that he had teamed up with Nasrul given the latter's success in leading the Pesisir Selatan regency for two terms. The regency was able to emerge from being a disadvantaged region and became the best in West Sumatra in terms of tourism and education by reaping the highest score in the National Examination.
In Central Sulawesi, incumbent Governor Longki Djanggola and Deputy Governor Sudarto registered themselves at the KPUD office with support from Gerindra, the PKB and the National Mandate Party.
Longki will fight Palu Mayor Rusdy Mastura, who decided to run for the governor position in the elections. Rusdy was supported by Golkar, the PDI-P, Hanura, the PKS and Nasdem.
In the Riau Islands province, a coalition of the Democratic Party, Nasdem, Gerindra and the PPP nominated incumbent Governor Muhammad Sani, while the PDI-P, PAN, Hanura and the PKS supported the incumbent Deputy Governor Soerya Respationo to fight for the governor's position.
Surya Makmur Nasution of the Democrats said his party nominated Muhammad Sani and his running mate Nurdin Basirun based on a survey and on their electability, which was higher than other candidate pairs.
The Golkar Party, which is still divided into two camps separately chaired by Agung Laksono and Aburizal Bakrie, claimed it has provided support to both candidate pairs contesting the ballot.
Soeryo, who was the PDI-P's Riau Islands chairman, officially registered at the KPUD in Tanjung Pinang on Monday.
Riau Islands KPUD head Said Sirajuddin said the KPUD was open for registrations from July 26 to 28. Riau Islands will hold the regional elections simultaneously together with the Natuna, Lingga, Karimun and Anambas regencies and Batam city.
' Fadli from Batam, Ruslan Sangadji from Palu and Syofiardi Bachyul Jb from Padang contributed to the article
