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...Moreover, the unofficial President-elect appears to be on a collision course with his mainstay constituents, Indonesia's working class. To attract investment and new factories, the country needs to overhaul labor laws that businessmen say make it too costly to compete with countries such as China. They especially complain about rules that mandate high severance payouts to laid-off workers, which they contend impedes their ability to adapt to changing economic conditions. According to a study by the World Bank, the cost of firing a worker in Indonesia averages 157 weeks of pay, higher than in any other East...
Putin’s most noted—and the most anti-democratic—proposal is to allow the president to appoint regional governors instead of letting citizens elect them. This would effectively end Russia’s federal experiment and decrease the checks on the central government built into the current constitution. And with the national legislature satisfied to remain a pliant tool of the Kremlin, that means more unchecked control for the president. But just to make sure it stays that way, Putin wants every member of the Duma, the lower house of parliament, to be elected...
Perhaps in November, America will elect such a leader...
...federal tax code—he didn’t bother to fill anyone in on the details. It’s too messy. Too inefficient. There are too many corporate loopholes. All true. Trouble is: what does he intend to do about it? Trust us, he said. Re-elect us, and we’ll take care...
...pitch is that Hong Kong has enough democracy for now and that any more will only irritate the mandarins in Beijing?in other words, vote for us not to rock Hong Kong's boat. The other camp has ideals and chutzpah: it's demanding the power to directly elect Hong Kong's chief executive and all the seats in Legco as soon as legally possible, proposals Beijing has already nixed. A strong showing for the democrats this Sunday would deliver a message Beijing is loath to receive, through a channel?free elections?it can barely tolerate...