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Jakarta’s ‘Ahok’ concedes heavy defeat in governor race
[SCMP] A former minister staged a decisive victory in Jakarta’s knife-edge gubernatorial election yesterday, after he courted the support of hardline Islamic groups opposed to the Chinese-Christian incumbent.Observers said the victory of 47-year-old Anies Baswedan signalled the rising political clout of Islamic hardliners in the world’s most populous Moslem nation, where leaders have sought to promote pluralism after violent riots in 1998 targeted the tiny but affluent Chinese community. A sample count extracted from the nearly six million ballots cast showed Baswedan secured 58 per cent of the vote, against 42 per cent for the incumbent Basuki Tjahaja Purnama. Posted by: Fred 2017-04-20 |
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