Indonesia’s largest party expels Jokowi after he backed Prabowo for President's post


Former Indonesian president Joko Widodo has been expelled from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, along with his eldest son and son-in-law. - PHOTO: REUTERS

JAKARTA (Bloomberg): Indonesia’s largest party has officially expelled former President Joko Widodo after he spurned the party’s own candidate in February elections and backed Prabowo Subianto’s successful campaign to become leader of South-East Asia’s biggest economy.

Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle Chairwoman, known as PDI-P, Megawati Soekarnoputri made the decision to expel Jokowi, as the former leader is popularly known, along with his eldest son and son-in-law, according to senior party official Komarudin Watubun. More than two dozen party members were also dimissed.

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