Racing to Beat Ahok
Somehow, the political parties give the impression of being totally unprepared to run in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election. There seems to be no serious effort to groom a candidate to challenge Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the incumbent better known as Ahok. Some parties only decided on their candidates just before the actual registration deadline, after day-and-night lobbying efforts went down to the wire.
Surprisingly, they were still able to produce candidates who appear genuinely capable of challenging the popular Ahok and running mate Djarot Saiful Hidayat. Endorsed by the Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) and the Justice and Prosperity (PKS) parties, the team of former education and culture minister Anies Baswedan and businessman Sandiaga Uno, for example, was only finalized at the home of Prabowo Subianto's parents in South Jakarta.
September 27, 2016
Somehow, the political parties give the impression of being totally unprepared to run in the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election. There seems to be no serious effort to groom a candidate to challenge Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, the incumbent better known as Ahok. Some parties only decided on their candidates just before the actual registration deadline, after day-and-night lobbying efforts went down to the wire.
Surprisingly, they were still able to p
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