Protests expected as court likely to rule against Prabowo
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Indonesia

Protests expected as court likely to rule against Prabowo

Indonesia's Constitutional court is expected to announce on Thursday that it will not over turn the result of April's presidential election in favour of Prabowo Subianto - and that ruling is likely to trigger more protests.

  • byJames Massola andKaruni Rompies

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Indonesia

Election body rejects Prabowo's fraud claims

Indonesia's election commission has pushed back against claims of systematic fraud during another day of hearings in the Constitutional Court.

  • byJames Massola andKaruni Rompies
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Prabowo Subianto

Losing Indonesian candidate challenges election in court

The legal move is the latest step in what analysts say has been a months long campaign by former General Prabowo Subianto to discredit the election.

Two Jakarta rioters belonged to group that backed Islamic State:police
Indonesia

Two Jakarta rioters belonged to group that backed Islamic State:police

Seven people have died in election violence in the Indonesian capital,police said on Thursday,as calm returned to the city.

Islamic State militants involved in Jakarta riots,say Indonesian police
Joko Widodo

Islamic State militants involved in Jakarta riots,say Indonesian police

The Jakarta governor has upped the death toll to eight after two nights of wild rioting,as the capital gradually returned to normal on Thursday.

  • byKaruni Rompies
Why are Indonesians dying on the streets of Jakarta a month after their election?
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Joko Widodo

Why are Indonesians dying on the streets of Jakarta a month after their election?

People are dead in the capital,and the plot thickens with envelopes of cash found on some protesters. What sparked the violence and who is involved?

  • byMichael Bachelard andKaruni Rompies
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Protesters killed in clashes over elections,soldiers on the street in Jakarta
Prabowo Subianto

Protesters killed in clashes over elections,soldiers on the street in Jakarta

Security forces have confirmed reports that people have died,but blamed paid provocateurs for the worst political violence in decades.

  • byKaruni Rompies
Joko claims victory in Indonesia as Prabowo refuses to concede
Joko Widodo

Joko claims victory in Indonesia as Prabowo refuses to concede

Prabowo has said he will contest the election result using"people power",forcing police and military to close sections of central Jakarta.

  • byKaruni Rompies
Indonesia's Prabowo must face reality and accept defeat. Again.
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Indonesia's Prabowo must face reality and accept defeat. Again.

In a little over a week,Indonesian president Joko Widodo is all but certain to be declared the winner in the 2019 election. It's time for his opponent to face reality.

  • byJames Massola
'Exhaustion'kills hundreds of Indonesian election workers
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'Exhaustion'kills hundreds of Indonesian election workers

More than 270 Indonesian election staff have died,mostly of fatigue-related illnesses caused by long hours counting millions of ballot papers.

Why Indonesia rejected the path of strong-man politics
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Why Indonesia rejected the path of strong-man politics

In many countries politics seems increasingly irrational,but Indonesia bucked the trend.

  • byPeter Hartcher