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Two strongly backed candidates are competing for Banten governorship on Nov. 27, with one contender coming from a family that has been influential for decades in Java’s westernmost province and the other having the support of a big coalition that holds a majority in the local legislature.
Just hours after leaving office with a high approval rating and returning to his hometown in Surakarta, Central Java on Sunday, former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo said he had been asked to campaign for candidates running in the upcoming regional elections.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo toured North Sumatra on Wednesday, just days before leaving office, to inspect infrastructure projects in the province where his son-in-law Bobby Nasution is in a heated two-way race for governor.
The alliance of political parties that supported North Maluku gubernatorial candidate Benny Laos is considering nominating his wife Sherly Tjoanda for the November election after the businessman-turned-politician died in a boat explosion over the weekend.
Sahbirin Noor has filed a pretrial motion challenging the KPK's procedure in naming him as a bribery suspect in a graft case related to an infrastructure tender in the province, while the antigraft body has slapped a travel ban on the South Kalimantan governor, deeming him as a potential flight risk.
North Sumatra’s more than 10 million voters will select their new governor in November, choosing between the province’s former governor Edy Rahmayadi and strongly backed Medan Mayor Bobby Nasution, the son-in-law of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has named South Kalimantan Governor Sahbirin Noor a suspect in a bribery case pertaining to several infrastructure projects handled by the province’s public works and spatial planning agency.
Jakarta governor candidate Ridwan Kamil is mounting a challenge to his biggest rival in the race in appealing to the Betawi people, Jakarta’s native ethnic group, through campaign promises and discussions geared toward cultural preservation and giving the community more widespread recognition.
