Indonesian Defense Minister Declares Electoral Victory Ahead of Official Results

Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto — a former U.S.-trained general in an army unit implicated in genocidal violence — declared victory Wednesday after polls closed in the archipelago nation’s presidential election, although no winner has officially been announced. Unofficial results showed Prabowo, of the right-wing populist Gerindra party, with nearly 60% of the vote.

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