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Indonesia’s incoming president Prabowo makes early move to build strong ruling coalition 

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Indonesia’s incoming President Prabowo Subianto (left) and incoming vice-president Gibran Rakabuming Raka at a watch party in Jakarta on Feb 14.

Indonesia’s incoming President Prabowo Subianto (left) and incoming vice-president Gibran Rakabuming Raka at a watch party in Jakarta on Feb 14.

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-The camp of Indonesia’s incoming president Prabowo Subianto has made early moves to build a ruling coalition that will command a big majority in Parliament to ensure he will have a stable government, according to people who followed the discussions.  

The political parties that backed

Mr Prabowo’s ticket in the Feb 14 presidential election

– Gerindra, Golkar, Democratic Party and National Mandate Party – would likely have only about 43 per cent of the total 580 Parliament seats, the latest vote counting shows.

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