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The ex-general and long-time presidential hopeful could win Indonesia’s top job without the need for a second round of voting, according to the polls – but much will depend on voter turnout.
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While Prabowo tops opinion polls, his stagnating numbers and a potential alliance between his rivals could deny him an outright victory despite Widodo’s ‘partiality’.
The fallout between President Joko Widodo and the ruling PDI-P party has spilled into the open after the party’s grand dame gave a speech with a thinly veiled attack on his loyalty at an event to which he was not invited.