Widodo Campaign Slips as Indonesia Polls Narrow: Southeast Asia
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Indonesia presidential front-runner Joko Widodo’s lead has shrunk by half in a month according to a recent opinion poll, as his well-funded opponent casts him as ill-suited for the top job three weeks ahead of the election.
Indonesians, who six months ago gave Jakarta governor Widodo an almost 40-point lead in opinion polls over the man who is now his sole rival, ex-general Prabowo Subianto, are beginning to doubt whether he’s equipped to lead the country. Prabowo, the former son-in-law of dictator Suharto who headed the special forces under the deposed leader, has closed the gap to 6 percentage points from 13 points a month earlier, according to a survey released June 15 by Lingkaran Survei Indonesia.