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Indonesian Court Says No to Prabowo Presidential Bid

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Aug 22, 2014
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With an estimated 50,000 police and soldiers scattered throughout Jakarta, the Constitutional Court on Aug. 21 unanimously put what is presumed to be a final end – whether he likes it or not – to the quixotic attempt by ex-General Prabowo Subianto to overturn the July 9 election that named Jakarta Governor Joko Widodo Indonesia’s next president.

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