Last Dynamics Becomes the Determinant
Presidential nominee Prabowo Subianto announces Sandiaga Uno as his running mate on Thursday evening (08/08/2018) at his residence on Jl. Kertanegara in Jakarta. The Prabowo-Sandiaga pair is supported by the Gerindra Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN) and the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS).
JAKARTA, KOMPAS — The contestation between Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Prabowo Subianto in the 2014 presidential election will repeat itself next year. The determination of the two candidate pairs was announced at the last minute.
The 2019 presidential election will be contested between two candidate pairs, namely Joko Widodo-KH Ma\'ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Uno. The process of determining and announcing the two candidate pairs on Thursday in Jakarta shows that Indonesian political practices are determined at the last minute with a calculation that tends to be pragmatic.