PDIP cancelled the announcement of Anies Baswedan as governor candidate for this year’s gubernatorial election in Jakarta. Anies was actually present at the PDIP’s headquarters in Menteng, Central Jakarta on Monday (Aug. 26) when PDIP announced six more governor candidates from the Party for the 2024 simultaneous regional elections.
Read MoreApart from the power struggle and all the drama in Jakarta, the situation that for us is full of misinformation and reminds us of the aftermath of the 2019 election, the investigation into the case of alleged corruption related to the tin trading system carried out in the Mining Business License (IUP) area owned by PT Timah Tbk (TINS) is still ongoing. As per this week, 18 suspects in two different cases have faced the prosecution stage and five more suspects will follow. The number will increase if the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) is keen to get to the bottom of the criminal scheme.
Read MoreIn the midst of the dramatic power struggle in Jakarta, in recent years the one party that has often suffered the negative impacts is the General Elections Commission (KPU). We have always paid attention to this, how the KPU intended to regulate on something important but later had to surrender to parties with interest. Now, the KPU is once again under pressure, unfortunately the mainstream media chose not to report it in detail, but this is not surprising.
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