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Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama is considered the least likely among the three Jakarta gubernatorial candidates to benefit pluralism in the capital after being implicated in a blasphemy case, a new survey revealed on Tuesday.
Dozens of people claiming to be members of the NasDem Party announced on Tuesday their support of the Anies Baswedan-Sandiaga Uno pair for the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial election, defying the party's decision to support the incumbent pair.
Supporters of gubernatorial candidate Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama retook the public stage on Sunday with a mass gathering in Jakarta to call for unity amid growing pressure from conservative Muslim groups to push for the arrest of the incumbent governor over blasphemy.
Democracy is not just about an electoral system where a leader is elected by a population’s majority, but also just as importantly how members of the minority receive equal civic rights, an Islamic scholar argues, referencing mounting sectarianism in the lead-up of the Jakarta election.
The Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has warned Jakarta gubernatorial candidates to engage in fair competition and refrain from illicit conduct such as bribing election organizers, or else face disqualification from the upcoming election.
