Indonesia's losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures as he arrives to attend the inauguration of Indonesia's new president Joko Widodo in Jakarta October 20, 2014. REUTERS/Jefri Tarigan
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Former Indonesian general Prabowo Subianto has accepted the endorsement of the main opposition party to stand as a candidate in a presidential election next year, setting the stage for a rematch with President Joko Widodo.
Subianto, who narrowly lost the election, in 2014, to Widodo, is chairman of the nationalist Gerindra Party which forms the main opposition alongside two Islamic parties.
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