Race heats up between frontrunners for Indonesian presidential elections

A General Elections Commission officer introduces five different ballots for the 2019 general election at the KPU building in Central Jakarta, in this file photo from 2018. - The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): The three politicians currently leading the nation’s opinion polls are intensifying their efforts to boost their electability, embarking on so-called political safaris to meet with notable figures and rallying supporters roughly nine months before voters cast their ballots on Feb 14, 2024.

Fresh from his formal nomination on Kartini Day as the presidential candidate of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has been meeting with influential clerics of Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), the largest Muslim organisation in Indonesia.