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[Roy as Guest]

Yup! I just heard this indirectly from his son that Made Pastika will soon be announcing his candidacy for the position of Governor of Bali for the term 2008 to 2013.

This remarkable man will most likely be a “shoe in” for the Governorship of Bali, and I think we can all expect some incredible changes and improvements during his term of office.

In short this is EXCELLENT good news!

[Ni Luh Ann]

I agree...he's a shoe in if, indeed, he decides to run. I recently read an article about another candidate, Jro Gde Karang T. Suarshana, who, I believe, is running as an independent. I've never heard of him before, but he has some interesting ideas - especially about tourism. By the by, does anyone know when the election is?

Cheers!

[BaliLife]

Hi all,

What offices does the governor of bali have durisdiction over. How much power do they have to change things? Just curious.

Ct

[DCC]

Roy as Guest - a little background on Made?

[Ratih]

I am not following politic in Bali. Hopefuly, though, whoever next in power can make a better government with no corruption.
I know for Indonesian governement, this is a little bit too much to ask.

[BaliLife]

Repost;

"What offices does the governor of bali have durisdiction over. How much power do they have to change things? Just curious."

Am just wondering what they are actually able to change?

Ct

[ronb]

It is 16 months since the last post on this thread. Now, it is 4 days until the election.

Mangku Pastika Election Banner

All over Bali there are huge banners for the three teams - not just on the main roads - but on quite minor roads in the hills of North Bali we see them. So I am sure they are everywhere in Bali. The one above (snapped today) is opposite the new Hardies Singaraja Plaza.

Cutting and pasting from http://www.indo.com/news/bali-governor-election.html, the candidates are:
1. Professor Gede Winasa, the recent Jembrana Regent as the governor candidate paired up with Alit Putra, the former Badung Regent and also former Bali vice governor as the vice governor.
2. Cok Budi Suryawan, the former Gianyar Regent as the governor candidate paired up with Police Brigadier General Nyoman Gde Suweta as vice governor
3. Police Lieutenant General Made Mangku Pastika as the Governor candidate paired up with Denpasar Mayor AA Puspayoga as his vice governor.

The Jakarta Post had an article headed All candidates in Bali poll turn out to be millionaires which listed the wealth of these 6 guys together with how much it has grown over recent years. The information has been assembled by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). From this people may form their own conclusions about how corrupt the candidates may be. Made Mangku Pastika and his running mate come out looking relatively clean - yet even Manku Pastika's wealth has doubled in the last 3 years which is more than you might expect. The full text can be found here:
http://old.thejakartapost.com/Archives/ArchivesDet2.asp?FileID=20080704.D07

There have been a couple of polls where Mangku Pastika seems to be doing OK, but the sample sizes are not big (around 800) and this is the first time that the governor is being directly elected, so there is no track record for polls. So I wouldn't bank on the polls.

Because of his background as police chief, a major theme of his platform is to improve security in Bali so that tourism may grow.

[ronb]

And finally, yesterday, he took over. See the sotry in todays Jakarta Post
http://old.thejakartapost.com/detailbali.asp?fileid=20080829.D08&irec=0
The article goes on to report that the out-going governor has initiated a legal challenge.

[Jim Thorpe]

ronb,thanks for the update on this!