Indonesia leader and runner- up seek post-election peace
The winner and runner-up in Indonesia’s presidential election which sparked deadly riots in the capital called for reconciliation yesterday, in their first meeting since the vote. It comes two weeks after defeated Prabowo Subianto lost a court challenge to overturn President Joko Widodo’s victory in the April election. Yesterday, the former general and the country’s re-elected leader rode the newly-inaugurated mass rapid transit (MRT) system together in Jakarta. “Some people asked why Prabowo has not congratulated Jokowi, well I do have manners and I wanted to congratulate him in person,” Subianto said, standing next to the president. “Being a president is about serving people, the problems he will have to face are enormous and I am ready to help,” he added. Widodo said he initiated a meeting with his two-time presidential challenger on an MRT train because he knew Subianto had never used the new system.
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