We really need some Indonesians on this forum
Anyway this election is getting a lot of press, based on a high-profile (and rather nasty) campaign against incumbent Ahok, a Christian of Chinese ethnicity (the latter being basically the SE Asian equivalent of Jews, the former being highly controversial what with the saudisation of the Muslim world). Ahok is a personal friend (and successor in his role) to Jokowi, but the latter's popularity may not save him from a run-off. Basically this whole race has descended into a mess, with various factions of the Indonesian establishment wining and dining unsavoury Islamist types for POWAH.
