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View all search resultsCorruption allegations dealt a heavy blow to the NasDem Party for the second time, just over four months ahead of the presidential election. Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD said on Wednesday that the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) had named Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo a suspect over alleged malfeasance. The news came after KPK investigators searched Syarul’s official residence and office in Jakarta, as well as his houses in Makassar, South Sulawesi, while he was on a working visit to Europe last week.
Presumptive presidential nominee Prabowo Subianto hosted Yenny Wahid, the daughter of the former leader of the country’s largest Muslim group Nahdlatul Ulama (NU), in what could be a search for his running mate after a party widely associated with the NU switched sides to a rival camp.
The surprise decision by the NasDem Party and the National Awakening Party (PKB) to pair former Jakarta governor Anies Baswedan and PKB leader Muhaimin Iskandar as presidential and vice presidential candidates is expected to have a wider ripple effect on the reconfiguration of the political alliances ahead of next year’s election.
Presumptive presidential candidate and opposition figurehead Anies Baswedan paid a visit to a family member of Muhaimin Iskandar, chair of the country’s largest Muslim party the National Awakening Party (PKB), amid rumors of the party possibly switching sides from Prabowo Subianto's camp.
A recent meeting between opposition presidential candidate Anies Baswedan and former maritime affairs and fisheries minister Susi Pudjiastuti has led to speculation that he is considering her as his running mate, a notion that has split, yet again, the three-way alliance backing his candidacy.
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