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Indonesia election race heats up over Jokowi's nickel strategy
JAKARTA -- Indonesia's vice presidential candidates representing their tickets zeroed in on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's nickel industry strategy in a debate on Sunday night ahead of the upcoming presidential election on Feb. 14.
Indonesian election highlights young voters' employment concerns
JAKARTA -- Sandra Mareta, a 21-year-old business major in Jakarta, will vote for the first time in Indonesia's presidential election on Feb. 14 and is worried about getting a good job after graduation.
Modi opens Ayodhya's sprawling Ram temple in pre-election spectacle
NEW DELHI/AYODHYA, India -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday led the inauguration of a sprawling Hindu temple built on a site that was once a flashpoint of Hindu-Muslim conflict, an event seen as a milestone on his road to reelection.
Indonesia election 2024: Gibran resorts to ‘gotcha questions’, jargon in VP debate in bid to trip up rivals
The three candidates jostling to be Indonesia’s next vice-president utilised familiar tactics in their second debate on Sunday, with Gibran Rakabuming, the eldest son of President Joko Widodo, resorting to niche policy jargon and “gotcha questions” in a bid to trip up his rivals.
Indonesia presidential election: Anies’ running mate, Iskandar slams Jokowi’s ‘reckless’ nickel investment policy
One of three front-runners to become Indonesia’s vice-president attacked Joko Widodo’s policy of forcing foreign companies to invest in mineral processing through export bans, stepping up criticism of the outgoing head of state’s economic record.
Indonesia election 2024: rivals Ganjar and Baswedan eye deal to thwart Widodo’s succession plan
In recent weeks, officials backing former Central Java governor Ganjar Pranowo and former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan discreetly met several times to discuss a possible pact. That may include intensifying their campaigning in areas dominated by Prabowo in an attempt to dilute his votes and force a run-off election, according to people from both camps who declined to be named as the matter is sensitive.
Indonesia election 2024: is Jokowi’s ‘partiality’ for Prabowo a double-edged sword for the presidential hopeful?
While Widodo has claimed he is impartial and has not officially endorsed any of the three presidential candidates running in next month’s poll, observers say there is no denying he has thrown his tacit support behind Prabowo, given that his running mate, Surakarta Mayor Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is also Widodo’s eldest son.