West Java Governor Elections – a ‘Hade’ rally

I arrived in Bandung during election fever. The Regional General Elections was on this month and the other day (22/4) the Regional General Elections Commission (KPUD) confirmed Ahmad Heryawan and Yusuf Macan Effendi, AKA Dede Yusuf, known as Hade, as the elected Governor and Deputy Governor for West Java (the total West Java population is 41 million). This article suggests why they won

Old, young, poor and poorer, Im sure the majority of these people in the rally were getting paid in some way to participate. The streets were crazy, but then again, its always crazy. I was lucky to get caught in the middle of it.


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