JAKARTA, Oct 14 ― At the peak of his power but unable to contest next year's presidential election, Indonesia's wildly popular leader, Joko Widodo, is hedging his...
JAKARTA, Oct 14 ― At the peak of his power but unable to contest next year's presidential election, Indonesia's wildly popular leader, Joko Widodo, is hedging his bets between the top two candidates and nurturing a dynasty to ensure a lasting influence, sources say.
A September opinion poll put Prabowo ahead of Ganjar 34 per cent to 30 per cent with a third candidate trailing. Other surveys show a tighter race. In August, Jokowi abruptly summoned the head of Golkar, Indonesia's second-largest parliamentary party, to the palace, and instructed him to endorse Prabowo, even though the party had been poised to declare support for Ganjar, four sources with direct knowledge of the meeting said.Days later Golkar and PAN announced support for Prabowo, giving him the largest party support base.
As recently as September, the president appeared on stage at a national PDI-P event, telling the crowd he had advised Ganjar to start planning for the day he would lead the nation. Jokowi has also engaged in talks about vice presidential picks for both Ganjar and Prabowo, three sources said. In his decade in power, analysts say, Jokowi has deepened Indonesia's entrenched patronage politics, although this has done little to dent his popularity across the sprawling archipelago of more than 270 million people.
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