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Pandemic Doesn’t Slow Indonesian Local Elections
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Pandemic Doesn’t Slow Indonesian Local Elections

Politics goes on despite health, corruption threats

Nov 6, 2020
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By: Ainur Rohmah

The Indonesian government’s decision to go ahead with hundreds of elections to choose local leaders in the middle of a Covid-19 crisis has reaped controversy, not only over the potential for increased coronavirus cases but the opportunities it is handing to incumbents to illegally channel pandemic funds into political campaigning includi…

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