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View all search resultsIndonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday said the party might support Anies Baswedan’s reelection bid for Jakarta governor if he is willing to follow the party’s lead.
A number of civil society groups and academics have urged the House of Representatives to hold off on passing the revision to the Regional Elections Law initially scheduled on Thursday, and instead abide by the Constitutional Court’s previous rulings to save the country’s democracy.
In response to a petition filed by two small political parties, the Labor Party and Gelora Party, the court ruled that the 20 percent threshold of legislative seats in the regional council or 25 percent of the popular vote would not be applicable in the November regional head election.
Many Jakarta residents have been shocked to find their names were used without their consent to support candidate pair Dharma Pongrekun and Kun Wardana, who are running as independents in the upcoming gubernatorial race.
With just a little over two weeks to go until candidate registration opens, the PDI-P is racing to clinch political deals to prevent uncontested regional polls in November as other parties show signs of inching toward joining the ranks of Prabowo's KIM.
In preparation for the country’s simultaneous regional elections in November, political parties have been forming large alliances and jointly nominating candidates, putting popular hopefuls on shaky ground and leaving little room for competition.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) said it would not let former member Bobby Nasution run uncontested in the upcoming gubernatorial election in North Sumatra, as the possibility grows of nominating former governor Edy Rahmayadi as a challenger to the party’s heavily favored rival.
The Onward Indonesia Coalition (KIM) has begun to coalesce around the bid of Ridwan Kamil in the upcoming Jakarta gubernatorial race and is now seeking to bring into its fold more political parties from rival camps, putting the potential bid of frontrunner Anies Baswedan at risk.
Senior Gerindra Party politician Sufmi Dasco Ahmad said he was not worried by the fact that his party’s partner was closing in on a deal to join forces with a rival party to challenge the possible bid of Gerindra’s Andra Soni in the coming Banten gubernatorial election.
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