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Regional Elections 1 year ago
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West Java election: Less popular names compete for most populous province
Instead of seeing the famed candidates initially projected to run, the West Java regional election this year features less popular figures vying to lead the country’s most populous province, with parties backing each candidate competing to secure a significant voter base for future elections.
Politics 1 year ago
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Prabowo gathers regional heads ahead of two-week trip abroad
President Prabowo Subianto gathered his cabinet and regional leaders in Sentul, West Java, on Thursday for a national coordination meeting aimed at ensuring that the central government and local administrations are aligned in executing Prabowo’s key policies for the next five years.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Sexism persists as regional race intensifies
As the race for November’s regional elections heats up, competing candidates appear to be pulling out all the stops to ensure a favorable outcome, with some even resorting to exploiting sexist narratives that observers describe as a “serious problem” in Indonesian politics.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Pollster association audits two conflicting surveys on Jakarta race
The ethics council of the Indonesian Association for Public Opinion Surveys (Persepi) is investigating why two opinion polls on the three-way Jakarta governor race from Lembaga Survei Indonesia (LSI) and Poltracking Indonesia had conflicting results on who the frontrunner of the Jakarta gubernatorial race is halfway into the campaign season.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Pramono overtakes Ridwan in latest Jakarta governor race opinion poll
Pramono Anung and running mate Rano Karno are now the frontrunners in the Jakarta governor election, overtaking former popular West Java governor Ridwan Kamil and running mate Suswono in the latest public opinion poll released about a month before voting day.
Opinion 1 year ago
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Analysis: Regional elections determine power balance at national level
They say all politics are local, but the elections for the heads of local governments this coming November will still determine the balance of power between the country’s three big political parties. Their interplay, either through competition or collaboration, or a combination of the two, will shape the national political landscape and the direction Indonesia takes.
Regional Elections 1 year ago
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Jokowi tours North Sumatra as son-in-law campaigns for governor
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.
