Indonesia’s Presidential Race Heats Up

Indonesia’s presidential race heads into its final week as Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo faces off against Prabowo Subianto, a former Army Special Forces Commander. The tight election campaign has not been free of controversy. As the July 9 election date approaches, 187 million voters in the world’s third-largest democracy prepare to head to the polls. Over recent months, the popular governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, or Jokowi as he is known here, has watched his comfortable lead of...

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