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Banten incumbent candidate vows infrastructure, bureaucracy improvement
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Banten incumbent gubernatorial candidate Rano Karno explains his program during a campaign event at Usmar Ismail Hall in Jakarta on Jan.29. (Antara/Wahyu Putro A)
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anten incumbent gubernatorial candidate Rano Karno has vowed to intensify the development of infrastructure in the province should he and his running mate, Emba Mulya Syarif, be reelected on Feb.15.
“Pak Rano and Pak Emba have the spirit to develop infrastructure in Banten. While serving as governor, Pak Rano increased the development of provincial roads by almost 80 percent,” the candidate pair’s campaign team spokesman Bahroji told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.
Besides improving provincial roads, Rano also helped the construction of roads in Lebak and Pandeglang, among other places, by providing financial assistance to administrations in those regencies, he went on.
“This shows Pak Rano’s commitment to improving roads in regencies and cities in the province,” Bahroji said.
The Rano-Emba pair has been endorsed by a coalition of three parties: the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the Nasdem Party and the United Development Party (PPP).
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Bahroji said the pair would develop the province by upholding the principles of transparency in government.
“Pak Rano has shown his commitment to realizing clean governance by engaging with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) when creating the provincial budget,” he said.
During his tenure, the governor had also developed electronic budgeting (e-budgeting) and electronic planning (e-planning) systems to improve the organization of the provincial budget and ensure a more transparent budgeting process, he went on. (ebf)
