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Anies to meet Ahok at City Hall Jakarta |  Wed, April 19, 2017   | 09:55 pm Jakarta gubernatorial candidate pair Anies Baswedan and Sandiaga Uno celebrate their victory in the Jakarta runoff election at a press conference at the Gerindra Party headquarters on April 19. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan) Jakarta governor candidate Anies Baswedan is set to meet his rival, incumbent Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, at City Hall on Thursday morning as quick count results suggest the former won the Jakarta gubernatorial runoff election on April 19. Anies’ media team officer Naufal Firman Yusak said on Wednesday the former education and culture minister would arrive at City Hall at 6.30 a.m., several hours before Ahok attended his blasphemy case hearing. “Previously Anies wanted to go to Ahok’s house in North Jakarta, but later the venue was changed to City Hall,” Naufal told reporters. (Read also:  Quick count results, not official ones: KPU ) On Thursday, Ahok ...

Expats believe Ahok blasphemy case shifted election away from real issues Jakarta |  Tue, April 18, 2017   | 08:16 pm A foreign observer (right) monitors the election at Pondok Bambu Women’s Penitentiary in East Jakarta, Feb. 15. (JP/Wendra Ajistyatama) Although foreigners in Jakarta have no voting rights, many of them, having lived in the city for a number of years, have strong opinions about how the Jakarta leader should govern and improve the capital. Not to mention the exhausting campaign period over the past several months, which has sharpened sectarian sentiment. For Nicole Curby, an Australian who has lived in Jakarta for the past year, religious issues have shifted the attention of voters away from those that should be prioritized. “It was quite disappointing to see how election campaign has been derailed by the blasphemy case against Ahok, while in fact, there are a lot of issues that need more attention, including infrastructure and wealth inequality...