“I hope the KPU Jakarta can choose moderators with integrity because I have experience as a moderator. When I was a moderator, many parties called me, including candidate campaign teams, in which they asked me to leak the questions I would ask [during the debate],” Anies said during a campaign visit to Jatinegara Barat low-cost apartments in East Jakarta on Wednesday.

(Read also: KPU Jakarta to hold first debate on Jan. 13)

He further said he had instructed his campaign team not to contact any moderators before the debate took place. 

Claiming that he had not made any special preparation for the debate, Anies said he hoped the event would provide room for the candidates to openly discuss their platforms, visions and missions. 

“I hope the debate will open up dialogue either among candidates or between candidates and moderators," he said. (ebf)

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