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Power move in the works to help give Jokowi’s elder son strong footing as Indonesia’s new V-P

A campaign poster of Indonesia's President-elect Prabowo Subianto (left) and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka (right), who is the son of outgoing President Joko Widodo, in Jakarta. PHOTO: AFP
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JAKARTA – The name of outgoing President Joko Widodo has been raised in political circles as a candidate to be the next chairman of Golkar, Indonesia’s oldest party and one of its biggest. Such a move would provide a solid footing for his elder son, the country’s incoming vice-president.

Mr Gibran Rakabuming Raka, 36, was President-elect Prabowo Subianto’s running mate in the Feb 14 polls.

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