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Ignoring mounting public anger, former New Order general Prabowo Subianto and the six political parties that supported his failed presidential bid and hold a majority in the House are pushing through a draft law (RUU Pilkada) that will see an end to the direct election of regional heads and a return to the system applied under the Suharto dictatorship where governors and regents were ‘elected’ by regional parliaments.