Indirect selection of governors, regents and mayors by regional legislatures was widely implemented during the New Order era under the dictator Suharto, but Prabowo is framing the mechanism as a pragmatic response to costly and candidate-centric local races.
“I am urging all political forces, come on, let’s be brave to provide solutions to our people, [let’s still be] democratic but not waste money,” the former special forces commander said on Friday at the anniversary celebration of Golkar, a part of his jumbo coalition.
The people had already elected the members of the district and provincial legislatures (DPRD), he said. “Why don’t the DPRD members just elect the governors and regents? That’s it, done”.
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