JAKARTA, Sept 11, 2014 (AFP) - The incoming governor of the Indonesian capital Jakarta has quit the party of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto over its support for a controversial bid to scrap local direct elections.
Prabowo has failed in several attempts to challenge his loss to Jakarta governor Joko Widodo in the July poll, and his mission to end direct elections of mayors and governors is seen as a way to stop those outside the political elite from quickly rising through the ranks, as Widodo did.
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