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Clear path for Hanindhito in Kediri's one-horse race
The controversies surrounding the Kediri regency election have led political and election experts to suggest that it lays bare the flaws in Indonesia’s democratic system.
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A local elections official places voting materials into a ballot box in preparation for the Dec. 9 regional elections at the branch office of the General Elections Commission (KPU) in Kediri, East Java, June 1. (ANTARA/Prasetia Fauzani)
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s 270 regions across the archipelago contest the 2020 simultaneous regional elections on Dec. 9, only a few dozen races promise a worthwhile political spectacle.
Among them is the regency election for Kediri in East Java, which not only has one but two big points of contention.
The controversies surrounding the Kediri poll have even led political and election experts to suggest that it lays bare the flaws in Indonesia’s democratic system.
Political dynasty
The Kediri election is to be contested by 28-year-old businessman Hanindhito Himawan Pramono.
With the blessing of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), he teamed up with Dewi Maria Ulfa, the leader of the Kediri branch of Fatayat NU, the women’s wing of the largest Islamic organization in the country, Nahdlatul Ulama.
Hanindhito is gunning for the regent’s chair, which is soon to be vacated by incumbent leader Haryanti Sutrisno, who is unable to run for a third term.
