A petition recently posted to change.org pushing for greater autonomy for Bali province is gaining steam amongst netizens.
The petition was created just on Nov. 27 and as of writing time has already got 2,461 signatures of its goal of 2,500.
Created under the user name ‘Ida Bagus Andi Loka’ in Denpasar, the petition is addressed directly to President Joko Widodo.
Loka writes that Bali’s uniqueness from other provinces across the archipelago means it should be designated an autonomous province like Yogyakarta, Aceh, Jakarta, and Papua:
We’ve yet to see Jokowi respond to this petition—perhaps it needs hundreds of thousands of signatures rather than just 2,500 to get his attention—and we’d also be interested what Bali’s governor, Made Mangku Pastika has to say about it.
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