Jakarta: The popularity of Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama, who will leave office in the next few months, is apparently resonating beyond Jakarta, causing people from outside Java to come to meet him in person to express their support for the outspoken politician.
Debora Sarwom, 59, a resident of Jayapura in Papua, travelled all the way from Indonesia’s easternmost province to meet the governor after seeing on TV the massive support the governor was receiving from the public after he lost the recent runoff election.