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Vice President Jusuf Kalla has told Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama to engage in healthy competition and refrain from making controversial statements on the campaign trail ahead of the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election.
Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama has entrusted deliberations for the 2017 city budget to his top three subordinates during his four-month leave from City Hall to join the campaign for the 2017 gubernatorial election.
To show their commitment to unprejudiced democracy, other running candidates Anies Baswedan and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono should do more than to refrain. They should actively condemn such practices and to renounce support from groups or people who commit them. Would Anies and Agus dare to do that?
The Jakarta Elections Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) is collaborating with the Jakarta Police's cyber crime division to monitor social media platforms to prevent smear campaigns during the campaign period for next year's Jakarta gubernatorial election.
With a lack of detailed programs to handle the capital's problems, Jakarta gubernatorial hopefuls Anies Baswedan and Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono seem unprepared to challenge Jakarta Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama in the 2017 elections.
