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h ig h e r p o s t lik e g o v e r n o r o f J a k a r ta a n d W e s t J a v a .
J o k o w i is k n o w n a s th e " m o s t w a n te d " c a d r e o f th e P D I - P a n d A h o k o f G e r in d r a is a ls o . r e m e m -b e r e d a s a s u c c e s s f u l r e g e n t o f E a s t B e litu n g . G o lk a r p ic k e d A le x a s its c a n d id a te f o r th e J a k a r ta e le c tio n a ls o d u e to h is c o m m e n d a b le p e r f o r -m a n c e a s S o u th S u -m a tr a g o v e r n o r .
T h e s e c o n d is p o litic a l p a r tie s ' c o m m itm e n t to th e im p r o v e m e n t o f in te r n a l p o litic a l e d u c a tio n , w h ic h in th e p a s t f a ile d to p r o d u c e q u a lity c a n d id a te s f o r p u b lic p o s ts . I n m a n y e le c tio n s f o r th e r e g e n t a n d d e p u ty r e g e n t p o s ts a n d th e le g is la tiv e e le c -tio n s , p o litic a l p a r tie s w e r e te m p te d to n o m in a te c e le b r itie s w ith a h o p e to w in v o te s v ia th e ir p o p u la r ity .
T h e th ir d p o in t is a b o u t th e p o liti-c a l m o b ility p r o c e s s w h e r e s u c c e s s -f u l lo c a l le a d e r s a r e g iv e n o p p o r tu -n itie s to tr y th e ir b e s t to w i-n s e a ts i-n s tr a te g ic a n d g r e a te r r e g io n s . T h e r e a r e m a n y r e a s o n s b e h in d s u c h p o lit-ic a l m o b ility , in c lu d in g p e r s o n a l in -te r e s t a n d th e s k ills o f c a d r e s , a lo n g w ith a c o m b in a tio n o f p o litic a l a n d f in a n c ia l in te r e s ts o f p a r tie s .
. I n o tic e , h o w e v e r , th e r is e o f c a n -d i-d a te s f o r th e g u b e r n a to r ia l e le c -tio n s in J a k a r ta a n d W e s t J a v a a r e lim ite d to p o litic a l m o b ility b a s e d o n s h o r t- te r m p o litic a l in te r e s ts .
H o w e v e r , th e p o litic a l m a c h in e f o r th e e le c tio n p r o c e s s is n o t c o m -p le te ly c o n tr o lle d b y th e c e n tr a l
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f te r th e g u b e r n a to r ia l e le c -tio n in A c e h , J a k a r ta a n d W e s t J a v a w ill f o llo w s u it. T h e e le c tio n s in J a k a r ta ( to b e h e ld in th e c o m in g m o n th s ) a n d W e s t J a v a ( n e x t y e a r ) h a v e d r a w n p u b lic a tte n tio n d u e to th e f a c t th a t th e in c u m b e n ts w ill ta k e o n c o n te n d e r s f r o m o th e r r e g io n s a n d lo c a l le a d e r s .
J a k a r ta v o te r s w e r e s u r p r is e d b y th e c a n d id a c y o f J o k o " J o k o w i" W id o d o a n d h is r u n n in g m a te B a s u -k i " A h o -k " T ja h a ja P u r n a m a a n d th e p a ir o f S o u th S u m a tr a g o v e r n o r A le x N o e r d in a n d f o r m e r M a r in e C o r p s c o m m a n d e r N o n o S a m p o n o .
T h e f ir s t tic k e t is n o m in a te d b y th e I n d o n e s ia n D e m o c r a tic P a r ty o f S tr u g g le ( P D I P ) , th e G r e a t I n d o n e -s ia M o v e m e n t P a r ty ( G e r in d r a ) a n d 2 7 p o litic a l p a r tie s th a t a r e n o t r e p -r e s e n te d in th e C ity C o u n c il, w h ile th e s e c o n d is s u p p o r te d b y a c o a li-tio n o f th e G o lk a r P a r ty , th e U n ite d D e v e lo p m e n t P a r ty ( P P P ) a n d th e P e a c e P r o s p e r o u s P a r ty ( P D S ) .
J o k o w i is th e m a y o r o f S u r a k a r ta a n d A h o k w a s f o r m e r ly th e r e g e n t o f E a s t B e litu n g in B a n g k a - B e litu n g b e f o r e h is e le c tio n to th e H o u s e o f R e p r e s e n ta tiv e s ( D P R ) in 2 0 0 9 .
I n W e s t J a v a , a n u m b e r o f r e ig n -in g r e g e n ts h a v e a n n o u n c e d th e ir b id to e n te r th e g u b e r n a to r ia l r a c e . C ir e b o n R e g e n t D e d i S u p a r d i, S u m e d a n g R e g e n t D o n M u r d o n o a n d K u n in g a n R e g e n t A a n g H a m id
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S u g a n d a w ill f ig h t e a c h o th e r to w in e n d o r s e m e n t f r o m th e P D I - P . B a n d u n g M a y o r D a d a R o s a d a w ill s e e k s u p p o r t f r o m P r e s id e n t S u s ilo B a m b a n g Y u d h o y o n o 's D e m o c r a tic P a r ty . G o lk a r 's W e s t J a v a c h a ir -m a n I r ia n to " Y a n c e " M S S y a f iu d -d in , a tw o - tim e I n d r a m a y u r e g e n t, h a s o p e n ly a n n o u n c e d h is q u e s t f o r th e g o v e r n o r p o s t, c la im in g to h a v e s e c u r e d th e b le s s in g o f G o lk a r b o s s A b u r iz a l B a k r ie .
N e w ly d is m is s e d S u b a n g r e g e n t E e p H id a y a t o n c e in te n d e d to jo in th e r a c e , b u t h is im p r is o n m e n t h a s a ll b u t d a s h e d a n y h o p e o f r u n n in g .
I n c u m b e n t· G o v e r n o r A h m a d H e r y a w a n o f th e P r o s p e r o u s J u s tic e P a r ty ( P R S ) a n d h is d e p u ty , D e d e Y u s u f , o f th e D e m o c r a tic P a r ty , w ill a lm o s t c e r ta in ly ta k e p a r t in th e 2 0 1 3 e le c tio n a s r iv a ls .
H o w e v e r , th e r e a r e th r e e in te r e s t-in g . p o t-in ts r e la te d to th e r is e o f th e lo c a l le a d e r s in th e u p c o m in g W e s t J a v a g u b e r n a to r ia l e le c tio n . T h e f ir s t is th e p o litic a l r e g e n e r a tio n p r o c e s s , w h e r e lo c a l le a d e r s w h o s u c c e e d in le a d in g th e ir r e g io n s a r e p r o m o te d to a m o r e s tr a te g ic o r
board of each political party, but is
also related to the electability level
of the local candidates. The problem
is that their ability and electability in
greater and more strategic regions
has not yet been proven.
The positive and appreciated
ef-fort of the local leaders, however, is
in their eagerness to strengthen
the
democratic process. They show that
the local democracy
in Indonesia
works
dynamically
and
responds
positively to people's demand for
al-ternative leaders. To be a leader, one
should not only rely on fame and
money, but also performance within
a political party.
The presence of candidates from
the regions, promoted
by political
parties, for the upcoming
guberna-torial elections in Jakarta and West
Java is a lesson for political parties
to seriously improve their internal
political education.
They
have to
develop
a new
mechanism that provides their
cad-res with equal opportunities
to
con-test public posts. Once they succeed
in local levels, they will have the
op-portunity to compete in a bigger and
more strategic
political stage like
the Jakarta gubernatorial election in
July this year.
