Unconventional pairing: Jokowi (left) posing alongside Amin after they submitted their nomination papers to the General Election Commission in Jakarta. — Bloomberg
JAKARTA: The battle lines for Indonesia’s 2019 presidential election were drawn as the incumbent Joko “Jokowi” Widodo formally registered as a candidate after choosing a conservative Islamic cleric as his running mate.
Jokowi, the first Indonesian president from outside the military and political elite, announced his vice-presidential candidate, Ma’ruf Amin, on Thursday after weeks of fevered speculation in local media.
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