Indonesian Election update

The Guardian reports; Voting in Indonesia’s presidential election has finished with both sides claiming  an early victory and a messy couple of weeks in the offing.

Indo vote 10 July

• Quick counts – sample polls counted to give an indication of the overall result – suggested that former Jakarta governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, the favourite going into the election, had triumphedJokowi told supporters that he had scored a victory.… Read more

Why the Indonesian Elections should matter to you?

Indonesia is in the middle of counting votes for their Presidential election.

indonesian vote counting

They were given a choice between one-time frontrunner Joko Widodo (jokowi), the Jakarta governor with a corruption-free reputation who is seen as the more market-friendly candidate, and main rival Prabowo Subianto, an ex-general facing a U.S. visa ban for allegations of past human rights violations. Prabowo once trailed by as much as 30 points in the pre-election polls, but as the election day approached, he managed to close the gap with an aggressive, nationalistic campaign. Read more