Jakarta moves ahead with deputy governor vote despite objections
(WorldNews Indonesia)

Shares The Jakarta City Council is pressing ahead with its plan to select Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan’s deputy governor on Monday despite an extension of the city’s COVID-19 state of emergency. The council’s selection committee previously agreed to delay the search for the deputy governor until Monday, days after the COVID-19 emergency status in Jakarta was supposed to end on April 2. But the continued spread of COVID-19 cases forced Anies to extend the emergency status until April 19, which also extended large-scale social restrictions that have been in place since March, suspending school, office, religious and public activities. The selection process for Anies’...