JAKARTA -- From promising to cut costs of pilgrimage to Mecca to giving schools free milk, Indonesian presidential candidates are stepping up their populist games on the campaign trail.
Since the official campaign period started on Nov. 28 for the presidential vote in February, former Central Jakarta Gov. Ganjar Pranowo, 55, and former Jakarta Gov. Anies Baswedan, 54, have been crisscrossing the country to meet students, fishermen, vendors at wet markets and many more. Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto, 72, the only one still actively serving in the government, has so far only visited West Sumatra in addition to regions not far from Jakarta.
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