Parliamentary Candidates
Keeping it in the Family
Many scions of party leaders are running for seats in parliament, ostensibly to ensure the continuity of the party’s stated ideology.
July 29, 2008
THE official list of candidates that will take part in the 2009 parliamentary election is yet to be announced two months from now, but already a temporary list has made the rounds. Interestingly, many on the list are children of party leaders.
Pramono Anung, Secretary-General of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), confirmed that that the party is fielding Chairperson Megawati Sukarnoputri’s daughter Puan Maharani in the parlia
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