The President of the Republic of Indonesia Jokowi maintains solid lead
We’re still a long way off from Indonesia’s 2019 presidential election , but since incumbent Joko Widodo was (unsurprisingly) officially named the presidential candidate for the ruling PDI-P party last Friday during a closed-door national meeting of party executives in Denpasar, Bali . , speculation is once again getting rife regarding both his possible picks for VP and the chances that anybody could beat him at the polls. “I declare Joko Widodo the presidential candidate from the PDI-P,” party chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri told the party’s rank and file in a video shared by the party to journalists covering the event. source : [ YouTube.com Tribunnews.com ] Numerous surveys over the last several months show the president with a commanding lead over any potential challengers, including Prabowo Subianto , the head of the Gerindra party who Jokowi defeated in 2014’s hotly contested election and who is widely expected to run again next year. Jokowi has a clear l...