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Ganjar Pranowo fielded as a PDI-P candidate, was elected as Central Java governor in 2018, and his term ends in 2023. - GANJAR PRANOWO/FACEBOOK
JAKARTA (The Straits Times/ANN): A very popular member of Indonesia s ruling party has come under the spotlight after he was glaringly excluded from a list of invitees to a recent Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) event aimed at consolidating support in Central Java province ahead of the 2024 general election.
Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo has ostensibly found himself in the doghouse for what his party cadre perceive to be his over-ambition.
This was political deja vu of the 2013 treatment of then Jakarta governor Joko Widodo, who would later be picked by PDI-P to be its presidential candidate.