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Search Orient P. Riwu Kore, the winner of Sabu Raijua district election in East Nusa Tenggara on Dec 9, 2020. (JG Screenshot/Orient P Riwu Kore s campaign page on Facebook) US Citizen Runs in an Indonesian Election and Wins BY :YUSTINUS PAAT, DION BISARA FEBRUARY 03, 2021
Updated at 07:17 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb 3, 2021]
Jakarta. A United States citizen has run for district head in Sabu Raijua, a region in one of Indonesia s poorest provinces East Nusa Tenggara, and managed to win the election with a wide margin in the strangest election mishap the country might ever see.
The winner, Orient P. Riwu Kore, 56, run with backing from former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono s Democratic Party, Defense Minister Pabowo Subianto s Great Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) party, and the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the current ruling party, in the last year s regional election.