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“Third time’s the charm,” screamed Indonesian and foreign media after Prabowo Subianto finally clinched victory. Twice Prabowo had lost to Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, yet Prabowo was welcomed into the fold by Jokowi following the 2019 trouncing. He was given the role as defence minister in what now has raised the eyebrow of sceptics as a quid pro quo for selecting Jokowi’s eldest son Gibran Rakabuming Raka as his vice presidential running mate.
The expected victory – in the range of an enormous 60 per cent of the vote, with results…
