Jokowi Gets the Nod to Run for President of Indonesia
With Indonesia’s election season just getting underway, Jakarta Governor Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was named the standard bearer of his political party on Friday, instantly becoming the front runner for president in polls set for July.
“I have been given the blessing of PDI-P chairwoman Megawati Sukarnoputri to be a presidential candidate,” Joko told the Indo…
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