Widodo's VP choice signals Indonesia's rising religious intolerance

Muslim cleric Ma'ruf Amin has potential to be future kingmaker

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Indonesian President Joko Widodo, left, and Islamic cleric Ma'ruf Amin, his running mate for the 2019 presidential election

TORU TAKAHASHI, Nikkei Asia Editor

TOKYO -- Amid the Asian financial crisis 20 years ago, Ginandjar Kartasasmita, who was sitting in then-President Suharto's cabinet, not only fixed Indonesia's ailing economy but also helped force Suharto's resignation, ending the nation's 30 years of "development dictatorship."

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