JAKARTA: Indonesian defence minister and presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto cemented his lead in the polls after applicants took component in televised debates in advance of the looming Feb 14.
A Dec 23-24 poll launched through Indikator Politik Indonesia on Tuesday showed that Prabowo, who’s running with President Joko Widodo’s 36-yr-old son Gibran Rakabuming Raka, might relaxed forty six.7% of the vote.
Indikator located former imperative Java governor Ganjar Pranowo as his closest opponent, with 24.five% of the vote, at the same time as former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan had the help of 21% of those polled.
A ballot by using Kompas this month gave Prabowo 39.three% of the vote and placed Anies as his closest opponent with sixteen.7%, observed by Ganjar 15.three%.
Indikator’s survey became carried out after televised debates between the presidential applicants on Dec 12 and applicants for vice president on Dec 22.
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A decision with the aid of the US .’s constitutional courtroom this October paved the way for Gibran to run in the elections, elevating tremendous issue about the deepening of dynastic politics within the world’s 1/3-largest democracy.
throughout the televised debate, Gibran defended his father’s economic schedule, particularly development of the brand new capital city.
3 greater debates are anticipated before the election.
