Unfit to Lead Jakarta
The majority of respondents believe that the governor and his deputy are only after position. They represent party interests, not the people’s.
September 17, 2002
With 47 out of 84 votes from the members of the Jakarta Regional Legislative Council (DPRD), Sutiyoso and Fauzi Bowo will work in partnership to lead Jakarta. At an election held on Wednesday last week, colored with clashes between demonstrators and the police, and the collapse of several demonstrators due to food poisoning, the duet chosen by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Faction and the Golkar Party left the other six duos
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