Aburizal Bakrie moves out of his comfort zone

Aburizal and his wife Tatty during their visit to an enterprise village in Jakarta. − AFP

The presidential candidate is reaching out to farmers and fishermen, businessmen and students in trying to move up from third place.

INDONESIA will elect a new President later this year. The frontrunners are well-known Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle’s (PDIP) Governor of Jakarta Joko Widodo (“Jokowi”) and the controversial former general, Prabowo Subianto of The Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra).