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JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s president on Wednesday awarded Prabowo Subianto, his presumed successor and an ex-special forces commander, the rank of honorary four-star general, decades after he was dismissed from the military amid allegations of rights abuses. Defence Minister Prabowo, who took an insurmountable lead in the Feb. 14 presidential election according to unofficial quick … Read more
SINGAPORE — After lndonesia’s recent election, more attention than usual is being paid to the bottom half of the presidential ticket: The likely new vice-president Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the oldest son of outgoing President Joko Widodo. Unofficial results released by independent pollsters after the election last Wednesday (Feb 14) showed that defence minister Prabowo Subianto … Read more
SINGAPORE — After lndonesia’s recent election, more attention than usual is being paid to the bottom half of the presidential ticket — the likely new vice-president, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of outgoing President Joko Widodo. Unofficial results released by independent pollsters after the election on Wednesday (Feb 14) show defence minister Prabowo Subianto … Read more
The party started almost a year ago. On Instagram, a 71-year-old former military general posed wearing a white hoodie and a mild smile. To his followers, it made him look âgantengâ, âgemesâ and âgemoyâ. Handsome, cute. At election rallies and interviews over the next months, the General perfected his signature dance moves â an awkward … Read more
Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times, International Intrigue, Nikkei Asia, and Fulcrum The News Indonesia’s defense minister Prabowo Subianto has claimed victory in the presidential election, with early, unofficial tallies indicating that he has secured almost 60% of the archipelago’s vote. The two other presidential candidates have not yet conceded … Read more
JAKARTA: Campaigning for Indonesia‘s presidential election was officially underway on Tuesday, with two of the three candidates kicking off two months of whistle-stop touring to woo voters in a race to lead the world’s third largest democracy. Indonesia holds presidential and legislative elections on Feb. 14, with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, former Central Java governor … Read more
