Ex-general to protest ‘Jokowi’ poll victory

JAKARTA: The reform-minded go–vernor of teeming Jakarta, Joko Widodo, was on Tuesday set to be named Indonesia’s next president after a bitterly fought election against a controversial ex-general with deep roots in the era of strongman Suharto.

With the election commission poised to announce the result, his opponent Prabowo Subianto—who had also claimed victory in the July 9 election—accused Widodo’s team of “massive, structured and systematic fraud” and announced he was with–drawing from the process.