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An electoral worker holds up a ballot showing a vote for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka, the eldest son of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, during the vote counting at a polling station following the election in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. The camps of the two presidential candidates who appear to have lost in Indonesia's election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

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Indonesian presidential rivals plan to contest official election results with allegations of fraud
By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press
Thu,03/14/24-4:26AM , 94 Reads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The camps of the two Indonesian presidential candidates who appear to have lost in an election last month said Thursday they plan to challenge the official results in the Constitutional Court with allegations of widespread fraud.
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Presidential candidates, from left, Ganjar Pranowo, Prabowo Subianto and Anies Baswedan holds hands as they pose for photographers after the first presidential candidates' debate in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, will open its polls on Wednesday to nearly 205 million eligible voters in presidential and legislative elections, the fifth since Southeast Asia's largest economy began democratic reforms in 1998. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana, File)

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What's at stake in Indonesia, which is choosing a president and some 20,000 other office holders
By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press
Mon,02/12/24-8:10PM , 42 Reads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Wednesday opened polling stations where nearly 205 million eligible voters will choose a new president and some 20,000 other public officials.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, dressed in traditional Central Javanese royalty outfit, smiles during a ceremony marking the country's 78th anniversary of independence at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Aug. 17, 2023. Widodo's phenomenal rise from a riverside slum, where he grew up, to the presidency of Indonesia spotlighted how far the world's third-largest democracy had veered from a brutal authoritarian era a decade ago. With his second and final five-year term ending in October, Widodo, regarded by some as Asia's Barack Obama, is leaving a legacy of impressive economic growth and an ambitious array of infrastructure projects including a $33 billion plan to relocate Indonesia's congested capital to the frontier island of Borneo. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

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Indonesia's president, who mingles with people and listens to Metallica, still popular in last term
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Sat,02/10/24-11:12PM , 81 Reads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Joko Widodo’s phenomenal rise from a riverside slum, where he grew up, to the presidency of Indonesia spotlighted how far the world’s third-largest democracy had veered from a brutal authoritarian era decades a
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Rian Ernest, a Golkar Party candidate, shows his campaign cards during a campaign rally at a lower-income neighborhood in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 19, 2024. Christians like Ernest face questions about their faith in the world's third-largest democracy, which will stage presidential and legislative elections Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)

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As Indonesia goes to the polls, women and minority candidates face challenges
By NINIEK KARMINI - Associated Press
Sat,02/10/24-1:06AM , 51 Reads
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — With a broad smile on his face, Jakarta city council candidate Rian Ernest answers almost every question about his faith with the same line.

“I’m Christian, but my wife and children are Muslims, so pray for me to get the guidance," Ernest said.
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