Pandemic Doesn’t Slow Indonesian Local Elections
Politics goes on despite health, corruption threats
Nov 6, 2020 |
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…