Indonesia decides to keep direct local elections
Jakarta
INDONESIA's Parliament agreed to preserve direct local elections for governors and mayors, a sign that President Joko Widodo is succeeding in neutralising opposition from lawmakers to his legislative agenda.
The outgoing Parliament voted in September to replace direct local polls - a system that allowed Mr Joko to rise from mayor to governor to president - and return to local legislators picking regional leaders. Then-president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono issued an emergen…
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