JAKARTA (AFP) - The reform-minded governor of teeming Jakarta, Joko Widodo, was Tuesday set to be named Indonesia's next president after a bitterly fought election against a controversial ex-general with deep roots in the era of strongman Suharto.
More than 250,000 police officers were on duty across the world's third-biggest democracy for the announcement of the result two weeks after the tight poll.
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