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Academia 2 months ago

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The soft coup against local democracy in Indonesia

The quasi-corporate approach to direct local elections is fundamentally flawed, as a price cannot be put on the democratic principle of popular sovereignty.

Americas 2 months ago

Leftist Mamdani to take over as New York mayor under Trump shadow

"Our campaign was built around listening to the people of New York, and we will govern in the same way. Tomorrow, we get to work," Mamdani says.

Academia 2 months ago

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Regional autonomy does not have to redistribute corruption

As Vedi Hadiz has noted, decentralization has produced local oligarchies, new centers of power growing from old patronage networks.

Editorial 3 months ago

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Democracy’s slippery slope

There are big problems with direct regional head elections, but we need to fix them instead of dropping the elections altogether.

Americas 4 months ago

Trump says lost 'sovereignty' in New York after Mamdani win

President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States had lost "sovereignty" after New Yorkers elected leftist Zohran Mamdani as their next mayor.

Archipelago 6 months ago

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Semarang’s first female mayor, husband jailed for corruption

Ita and Alwin were implicated in three separate graft cases that took place between 2022 and 2023.

Americas 9 months ago

Upstart socialist stuns political veteran in NYC mayoral primary

The confirmed winner of the Democratic Party nomination will face several contenders in November -- including the current, scandal-plagued mayor, Eric Adams, who is a Democrat but has vowed to run again as an independent.

Archipelago 1 year ago

Bekasi mayor takes flak for staying at hotel during flood

Tri said he had decamped to the hotel in downtown Bekasi to make it easier for him to directly monitor the emergency situation, kompas.com reported.

Politics 1 year ago

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Prabowo swears in 961 regional head-elect at mass ceremony

In another historic first that also broke with tradition, the President swore in 961 regional leaders-elect at a mass inauguration ceremony on Thursday at the presidential palace compound in Central Jakarta.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Philippines ex-president Duterte to run for city mayor

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte registered his candidacy on Monday to run for mayor of the southern city of Davao in midterm polls due next year.

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