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Disabilities advocate listed as panelist for third Jakarta election debate
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Three Jakarta gubernatorial candidate, Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono-Sylviana Murni (left), Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat (center) and Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno (right), attend the second official debate at Bidakara Hotel on Jan. 27. (Antara/Hafidz Mubarak A.)
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he Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU Jakarta) has listed Tolhas Damanik, an advocate for people with disabilities, as one of the four panelists in the third official Jakarta gubernatorial debate on Friday evening.
"He can give his opinion related to the rights for people with disabilities to the government," KPU Jakarta chairman Sumarno told reporters at Bidakara Hotel in South Jakarta on Friday.
The other three panelists for the event, which will focus on demography and improvement of Jakartans' livelihoods, are sociologist Mutia Ganie Rochman and demography expert Prijono Tjiptoherijanto, both from the University of Indonesia (UI) in Depok in West Java, and former Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) rector Komaruddin Hidayat. (bbs)
