On eve of Indonesia vote, defence minister ahead despite protests
2024-02-14 10:48:51 source:Reuters
February 13, 2024
JAKARTA, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Indonesia finalised complex logistics for Wednesday's election across thousands of islands, with defence minister and former special forces commander Prabowo Subianto frontrunner in the race to win power in the world's third-largest democracy.
It was unclear, however, whether Prabowo would be able get the simple majority needed to avoid a runoff.
His cause was not helped by protests on Monday from hundreds of students and activists accusing his current boss, the wildly popular outgoing President Joko Widodo, of abusing power to back the minister's third tilt at the top job.
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