JAKARTA: A former education minister in Muslim-majority Indonesia facing a run-off vote against a Christian to be Jakarta governor denied pandering to Islamists to win support and said he could unite the capital after a divisive election.
Anies Baswedan is set to take on Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok, Jakarta’s first Christian and ethnic Chinese governor, in a second-round vote on April 19. Ahok got the most votes in a first round, on Feb 15, but not by enough to avoid a run-off, unofficial counts show.
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