Political ‘Engine Trouble’

Ahmad Heryawan-Dede Yusuf won West Java’s gubernatorial election thanks to protests against former figures. The machine of big parties stalled.

April 22, 2008

DOZENS of youths gathered on Jalan Soekarno-Hatta 478, Bandung, last Thursday. From the head office of the campaign team for gubernatorial hopefuls, Agum Gumelar and Nu’man Abdul Hakim, they were going to launch a motor convoy. The plan was then cancelled for the sake of city order, though. Instead, they organized an assembly.

At least eight youth organizations supporting Agum-Nu’man (candidate governor and deputy governor, respectively) jo

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