'Jokowi effect': How Indonesia's outgoing leader shaped election to succeed him


Indonesian President Joko Widodo looks on during his visit to the Malacanang Palace, in Manila, Philippines, January 10, 2024. Ezra Acayan/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

SEMARANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - His name is not on the ballot, but Indonesia's wildly popular President Joko Widodo, or "Jokowi", looms large over Wednesday's election in the world's third-largest democracy, and nowhere more than in his home province of Central Java.

Campaign posters plastered along the riverside in provincial capital Semarang proclaim "Jokowi Chooses Gerindra" - a reference not to the president's own political party but that of his erstwhile rival, Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto.

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