{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "id": 1275281,
        "msgid": "makassar-prepares-for-direct-elections-1447893297",
        "date": "2000-11-29 00:00:00",
        "title": "Makassar prepares for direct elections",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Makassar prepares for direct elections MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The Provincial Legislative Council here is finalizing a new regulation on direct gubernatorial elections to come into effect next year in tandem with the implementation of regional autonomy. \"We are working on the concept. We hope that it will become a pilot project in Indonesia,\" Abustam of the Council's Commission A for legal and administrative affairs said on Tuesday.",
        "content": "<p>Makassar prepares for direct elections<\/p>\n<p>MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: The Provincial Legislative Council<br>\nhere is finalizing a new regulation on direct gubernatorial<br>\nelections to come into effect next year in tandem with the<br>\nimplementation of regional autonomy.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are working on the concept. We hope that it will become a<br>\npilot project in Indonesia,\" Abustam of the Council's Commission<br>\nA for legal and administrative affairs said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>He claimed that the regulation could be used as a model for<br>\nfuture direct presidential elections and that it could also be<br>\napplied in the country's other provinces.<\/p>\n<p>It has been argued that direct gubernatorial elections would<br>\neffectively reduce the incidence of money politics.<\/p>\n<p>Abustam said Governor HZB Palaguna has agreed to the bill.<\/p>\n<p>\"He agreed with the idea and said that the important thing is<br>\nto establish the mechanisms and rules,\" Abustam said. (27\/edt)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/makassar-prepares-for-direct-elections-1447893297",
        "image": ""
    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
}