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View all search resultsThe number of sole candidates running in Indonesia’s regional elections has steadily increased in the past five years, election data has shown, leading to growing concerns that the upcoming polls might ruin the electoral system.
Jokowi said he grew concerned over the issue after witnessing a number of health protocol violations during the election preparation, including a pair who he claimed to have held a public concert to announce their candidacy.
“As many as 316 candidate pairs were involved in the violations. They did not abide by health protocols by bringing along many people during the registration process,” Bawaslu member Fritz Edward Siregar said in a virtual press conference on Monday.
In response to controversy surrounding the candidacy of incumbents’ and political elites' relatives in the upcoming regional elections, Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD has said that the nepotism is not against the law, nor is it inherently contradictory to the country’s democracy.
The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) has nominated the daughter of Vice President Ma’ruf Amin, Siti Nur Azizah, and Ruhama Ben to run as the mayoral candidate pair in an upcoming race in South Tangerang, Banten.
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