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Time's up: Outgoing councillors leave deputy governor seat vacant, pass fewer bylaws
The 2014-2019 Jakarta Council has served through five different Jakarta governors.
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The Jakarta Council assemble at the council building in Central Jakarta during a plenary meeting on June 16, 2015. (kompas.com/Alsadad Rudi)
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ith new Jakarta city councillors being inaugurated on Monday for the 2019-2024 term, their predecessors are leaving office with a substandard track record for producing bylaws and having failed to select a new deputy governor.
Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan had submitted to the Jakarta Council on March 4 the names of two candidates for the deputy governor position left vacant by Sandiaga Uno a year ago.
They are Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) politicians Ahmad Syaikhu and Agung Yulianto.
However, no progress has been made in the selection process, despite the establishment of a special committee on May 14 and comparative studies conducted on Riau province, Grobogan regency in Central Java and Riau Islands to learn how to select a replacement deputy governor.
According to Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) political analyst Siti Zuhro, one of the factors that affected the outgoing council’s performance was the changing political dynamics of Jakarta, marked by a revolving door of governors.
The 2014-2019 Jakarta Council has served through five different city leaders since August 2014, when then-governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo took several months off to run in the 2014 presidential election.
