JAKARTA - The chairman of a political party affiliated with Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation has agreed to contest as opposition presidential candidate Anies Baswedan’s running mate in next year’s general election. Read more at straitstimes.com.
JAKARTA - The chairman of a political party affiliated with Indonesia’s largest Islamic organisation has agreed to contest as opposition presidential candidate Anies Baswedan’s running mate inMr Muhaimin Iskandar, the 56-year-old chairman of the National Awakening Party and Mr Anies, 54, are the first confirmed pairing in what is expected to be a three-way race.
All three presidential candidates have the backing of a coalition of political parties that have at least 20 per cent of Parliament seats, as required by law. Mr Muhaimin’s surprise move to the opposition follows an apparent clash between him and Mr Prabowo on the choice of running mate. Mr Prabowo was expected to have chosen Mr Muhaimin to be his vice-presidential candidate, but signs were that he may have had second thoughts.
The Straits Times understands that in light of Mr Anies’ unilateral move to pick Mr Muhaimin, the Democratic Party was in talks on Thursday night on whether to continue to back his candidacy.
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