Red-and-Yellow Letter Days

Through the Medan alliance, PDI-P and Golkar hope they can work together to win the local elections in the provinces. But there are no assurances that it will succeed on the ground.

July 3, 2007

THE election of the Governor of Jakarta Capital City Special Area (DKI) is still two months away, but the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the Golkar Party have already been warming up to each other. At the start of June, these two parties came together to nominate Jakarta Deputy Governor Fauzi Bowo as a candidate for Governor, as publicized in a festive event at the Proklamasi Monument in Central Jakarta. After successfully wi

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