Running mate: Mahfud giving an address after he was announced as vice-presidential candidate in Jakarta. — AFP
THE republic’s ruling party has named the nation’s top security minister as the running mate to the party’s presidential candidate in next year’s election in South-East Asia’s largest democracy.
Muhammad Mahfud will be seeking the vice-presidency alongside the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) presidential hopeful Ganjar Pranowo, former Central Java governor.
