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        "id": 1030616,
        "msgid": "jostling-for-seats-1447893297",
        "date": "1996-09-25 00:00:00",
        "title": "Jostling for seats",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Jostling for seats Although the lists of candidates for the national legislature have been submitted to the Indonesian Electoral Committee by the three contesting parties, lobbying by candidates and party activists goes on. The bickering involves issues of nepotism, faction interests and other expressions of dissatisfaction from those whose names are not on their party's candidate list, or are entered too far down on the list to ensure a position in the legislature.",
        "content": "<p>Jostling for seats<\/p>\n<p>Although the lists of candidates for the national legislature<br>\nhave been submitted to the Indonesian Electoral Committee by the<br>\nthree contesting parties, lobbying by candidates and party<br>\nactivists goes on. The bickering involves issues of nepotism,<br>\nfaction interests and other expressions of dissatisfaction from<br>\nthose whose names are not on their party's candidate list, or are<br>\nentered too far down on the list to ensure a position in the<br>\nlegislature.<\/p>\n<p>Every time general elections draw near, such cases emerge. For<br>\nthe public it is as if the three contestants are staging a show<br>\nof the selection process. In the final list of candidates, the<br>\ndisposition of those who are involved as well as the state of the<br>\ndemocratization process that prevails are reflected.<\/p>\n<p>The lists are now being processed by the Electoral Committee<br>\nto be screened for administrative defects. At the end of October<br>\nthis process will be completed and a tentative list of candidates<br>\nwill be made public. The public will be given sufficient time to<br>\nraise objections against any of the candidates. Aside from the<br>\nquestion of whether or not such objections will be heeded, this<br>\nwill be an opportunity for the public to participate in<br>\ndetermining the quality of the candidates whose names have been<br>\nsubmitted.<\/p>\n<p>-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/jostling-for-seats-1447893297",
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