• Indonesia’s Bakrie Wins Party Election

    Victory Leaves President Joko Widodo Facing Opposition in Parliament

    JAKARTA, Indonesia—Aburizal Bakrie, a business tycoon and head of one of Indonesia’s largest parties, fought off bids to oust him Wednesday, leaving intact a powerful parliamentary force opposing President Joko Widodo.

    Mr. Bakrie, longtime chairman of Golkar, the Southeast Asian nation’s second-largest party, emerged as sole candidate for a new, five-year term during his party’s three-day convention in Bali, winning the vote after other candidates withdrew for reasons that are unclear.


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