Coming Clean

The election of the West Java governor has been tainted by money politics and interference by party leaders. What can be done about this?

March 18, 2003

A NEW governor in West Java is expected to be installed by next June. Close to 100 hopefuls have announced their candidacies in the present election. But electing a chief executive in West Java, like that in almost every province in Indonesia, is full of irregularities. The entire process has been tainted by a strong whiff of money politics and the imposition of candidates from above, not to mention the complication caused by the short time

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