Voters look at lists of candidates in Indonesia’s presidential and legislative elections at a polling station in Kwamki Narama district, Mimika regency, Central Papua on February 14.//AFP
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesians began voting for a new president Wednesday with Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto the frontrunner despite concerns over his human rights record and claims of improper support from outgoing leader Joko Widodo.
Polls project that Subianto, a military chief during the Suharto dictatorship a generation ago, is on course to secure a majority that would avoid a second-round run-off.
The 72-year-old is the clear favourite after a campaign mixing populist rhetoric with pledges to continue the policies of Widodo, who remains hugely popular but is required by the constitution to stand down after almost a decade in power.
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