Indonesia’s Joko Widodo wins second term as presidentBy The Manila TimesJAKARTA: Indonesia’s Joko Widodo won another term as president of the world’s third-biggest democracy, official results showed on Tuesday, after his rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, alleged widespread cheating. Widodo and his vice-presidential running mate Ma’ruf Amin won the election by a 55.5 percent to 44.5 percent margin over Subianto and Sandiaga Uno, the commission said. Some 85.6 million Indonesians cast their ballot in favor of Widodo out of about 154 million voters, it added. Widodo held off declaring victory after unofficial results emerged last month as Subianto insisted he was the archipelago’s next leader. However, Azis Subekti, a witness for Subianto’s camp, refused to sign and validate the official election results.

Source: Manila Times May 21, 2019 03:33 UTC