ON Sunday afternoon last week, three days before polling day, the parking area in front of the General Elections Commission (KPU) office on Jl. Imam Bonjol in Central Jakarta was filled with dozens of students. Unfurling banners and posters, they loudly condemned the presidential spokesperson who is also one of the Democrat Party’s deputy chairmen, Andi Mallarangeng. “Reject the racist presidential candidates!” they shouted wildly.

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