Scavenging ‘Nameless Funds’

Switching votes, withdrawing support, and money politics are rife in the race for nominations of Jakarta Governor.

June 12, 2007

JALAN Diponegoro 63, Menteng, Central Jakarta, last week Thursday night, some 100 people gathered in the central yard of a luxurious house that has been transformed into the headquarters of the Fauzi Bowo Center. Bright lamps lit up the faces of politicians belonging to the Jakarta Coalition, a group of political parties supporting the pair of candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor of Jakarta, Fauzi Bowo and Prijanto, respectively.

The smel

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