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Third Jakartan election debate will address population, quality-of-life issues
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Gearing up -- The three Jakartan gubernatorial candidate tickets, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Sylviana Murni (left), Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat (center) and Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno (right), attend their second debate at Bidakara Hotel on Jan. 27. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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n the last official Jakartan gubernatorial debate slated for Feb. 10, the three candidate pairs, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono and Sylviana Murni, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Djarot Saiful Hidayat and Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno, will discuss key social issues, including population and the improvement of the quality of life.
Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) commissioner Betty Epsilon Idroos said the themes would be divided into four topics, comprising women's empowerment, child protection, drug eradication and protection of residents with disabilities.
Betty said that just like the second debate on Jan. 27, the final one would run for 150 minutes.
“After conducting a meeting with the campaign teams of all candidate pairs, [we decided] the debate will run for 120 minutes with another 30 minutes for commercial breaks. This will be the last debate so we want to dig more [into the debate materials],” Betty said as quoted by kompas.com on Thursday.
She explained that the number of supporters allowed to enter Bhirawa Auditorium at Bidakara Hotel in South Jakarta, the place where the debate is to take place, would be reduced from 120 to 100.
The head of KPU Jakarta, Sumarno, said earlier that the candidate's supporters who attended the second debate were too noisy and had disturbed the proceedings. Therefore, the KPU decided to reduce the number of supporters allowed to enter the debate venue, he added.
Betty said CNN Indonesia television host Alfito Deannova would be the moderator of the third debate. Apart from his long experience as a TV host, Alfito was not affiliated with any political party or candidate, she said. (cal/ebf)
