Metallica Fan Leads Indonesian Campaign With Common Touch
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When Putut Gunawan sees Indonesian presidential candidate Joko Widodo on television thronged by admirers and joking with reporters, he barely recognizes the furniture exporter he helped enter politics nine years ago.
“Jokowi in 2005 was so different,” Gunawan said, using the nickname of the man whose successful campaign for mayor of the central Java city of Solo he helped manage.