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RSS FeedsAnies Baswedan speaks during an interview at his home in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters
(WorldNews Indonesia)

 
 

22 february 2017 01:28:49

 
Anies Baswedan speaks during an interview at his home in Jakarta. Photo: Reuters
(WorldNews Indonesia)
 


A former education minister in Muslim-majority Indonesia facing a run-off vote against a Christian to be Jakarta governor, on Tuesday denied pandering to Islamists to win support and said he could unite the capital after a divisive election. If I met the Catholic community, am I then considered no longer a Muslim? If I met the Buddhist community, am I then considered no longer a Muslim? Anies Baswedan is set to take on Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, Jakarta`s first Christian and ethnic Chinese governor, in a second-round vote on April 19. Purnama got the most votes in a first round, on February 15, but not by enough to avoid a run-off , unofficial counts show. ......


 
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