Multa Fidrus, The Jakarta Post, Tangerang
The Tangerang Municipal Elections Commission (KPUD) on Friday published a list of the personal fortunes of all mayoral candidates that will contest this year's election, scheduled for Oct. 26.
The list was compiled from documents demanded of the candidates in accordance with a Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) regulation.
At the top of the rich list is incumbent mayor Wahidin Halim, whose total personal wealth, comprising property, vehicles, bank accounts and bonds, is Rp 8 billion (US$842,000).
Second on the list, with a personal wealth of Rp 6.5 billion, is Wahidin's running mate, Arief Wismansyah, who is also president director of Sari Asih Group, which manages several hospitals in Tangerang and Serang.
The coalition of parties in support of the duo includes the Golkar Party, the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) and the United Development Party (PPP).
"The candidates' wealth was calculated from the list of assets they submitted to the KPUD. They have to declare their liquid and non-liquid assets, including vehicles, land and buildings, bank accounts, bonds and gold," poll commission chairman Imron Khamami said Friday.
He said the list was published to offer transparency to voters.
Dadang Hermawan, chairman of the Candidacy Working Group at the KPUD, said the requirement had been prompted by the many cases of corruption that plagued politics in Indonesia.
"If a candidate's wealth has been verified by the KPK and publicly announced before they are elected, it will be easy to monitor any fluctuations of wealth once they take up their new position," he said.
Ismed Sadeli Hasan, a retired civil servant and a former Jakarta City council secretary, is the second richest mayoral candidate, with a wealth of Rp 3.5 billion.
His running mate, Mahfud Abdullah, a Muslim preacher, has a personal fortune of Rp 1.1 billion. Ismed and Mahfudz are independent candidates.
Muhamad Bonie Mudfijar, who is backed by the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is third on the list with a total wealth of Rp 293.5 million. His running mate, Diedy Farid Wadji, is worth Rp 1.7 billion.
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