How can a domestic “helper” run for legislative office? Does she know her job as a Member of Parliament is different from cleaning a parliamentary office?
These were some of the questions people posted in the comments section of a social media post about Yuni Sri Rahayu, a domestic worker who ran for a seat in the Jakarta City Government’s subnational Parliament at the Indonesian election on February 14.
Counting is ongoing but Yuni currently holds more votes than the…