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Jakarta governor candidate Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s campaign team spokesman Ruhut Sitompul has said Probosutedjo, a businessman who is the half brother of the late president Soeharto, has thrown his support behind the incumbent in the April 19 election runoff.
The mayor of Surakarta in Central Java, FX Hadi “Rudy” Rudyatmo, has said he is ready to participate in the campaigns of candidate pair Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat in the second round of the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
The campaign team of gubernatorial candidate pair Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama-Djarot Saiful Hidayat invited heads of the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) and Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) to discuss preparations for the second round of the Jakarta election at the team’s internal meeting in Jakarta on Thursday.
The second round of the Jakarta gubernatorial election, which is scheduled for April 19 and will include two candidates, Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama and Anies Baswedan, has garnered a large amount of discussion by Indonesia’s internet users, a survey reveals.
The deputy chairman of House of Representative’s Commission II overseeing bureaucratic reform, Lukman Edy, has suggested that members of regional legislative councils should not be obliged to resign if they run for regional head positions.
As the runoff of the Jakarta gubernatorial election draws closer, the Election Organization Ethics Council (DKPP) has warned the Jakarta General Elections Commission (KPU) to immediately fix the final voter list (DPT) to ensure all Jakartans can exercise their voting rights.
With a 3 percent vote margin separating the two candidate pairs after the first round on Feb. 15, both Ahok-Djarot and Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno will work day and night to make sure every voter turns up for the second and final round to help them win.
