Direct poll vote: Joko may win support from opposition
His party in talks with Democrats to ensure passage of bill next month
Jakarta
A PLANNED vote in Indonesia's parliament to re-establish direct elections of regional heads next month is shaping up as a potential stepping stone to broader cooperation between the ruling party of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and opposition parties.
In recent weeks, Mr Joko's Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has been in talks with the Democratic Party of his predecessor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, to ensure passage of a bill next month that will reinvest Indonesians with the right to elect their governors and other local leaders, said PDI-P deputy secretary Hasto Kristiyanto.
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