Indonesian students demand president stay neutral before polls

A woman sits near flags and posters promoting the presidential and legislative candidates for the upcoming general election, in Jakarta, on Feb 6, 2024. - Reuters

JAKARTA: Around 100 students marched in Indonesia's capital Jakarta on Wednesday (Feb 7) to protest what they say is political interference by outgoing president, Joko Widodo, in the presidential election to be held on Feb 14.

While Jokowi, as the president is known, has not explicitly endorsed any of the three candidates in the election, he has made highly publicised appearances with frontrunner Prabowo Subianto, whose running mate is the president's eldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka.