Jokowi’s Party Fails to Overwhelm

The results of Indonesia’s legislative elections on Wednesday are a setback for those who hoped that Jakarta Governor Joko “Jokowi” Widodo would be swept to the presidency off the back of a dominant performance by his Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P).

Instead, PDI-P emerged as No. 1 but not by an overwhelming margin and the country’s syste…