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Bruce Cockburn: 50 years of music, spirituality and social justice | SaltWireJAKARTA - Days before candidates officially register for Indonesia's elections, a game-changing ruling by the nation's constitutional court has sparked concern over the integrity of the vote in the world's third-largest democracy.
"I don't think there is a single person in Indonesia who wasn't aware the application was fundamentally about whether the president's son could run as a vice presidential candidate," said Tim Lindsey, an expert in Indonesian law at the University of Melbourne.The Southeast Asian nation will hold simultaneous presidential and legislative election on Feb. 14 next year. Jokowi, as the president is known, is ineligible to run after serving the maximum two terms.
Gibran is one of the strongest potential running mates for Prabowo, an official at the former general's Gerindra party said on Tuesday. As the popular leader of the Southeast Asia's largest economy, analysts say Jokowi has been manoeuvring behind the scenes to safeguard his legacy and extend his influence beyond his term in office.
What is remarkable, analysts say, is that Jokowi has managed to stay so popular despite critics pointing to a trend of democratic regression, including the weakening of state institutions.
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