Running Unopposed

After receiving a phone call on Monday morning last week, Effendi Budi Wirawan, chairman of the Pacitan, East Java, branch of Golkar Party proceeded on his new mission.

During a meeting of the Joint Pacitan Coalition, a group convened to decide on candidates for the upcoming East Java regional head elections, he suddenly nominated himself in place of Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politician Suyatno, shocking those present.

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