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Indonesia leader backs appeal against court ruling calling for poll delay

FILE PHOTO: Indonesian President Joko Widodo casts his ballot during elections in Jakarta, Indonesia April 17, 2019. (Reuters)

JAKARTA: Indonesia's President Joko Widodo said on Monday he supports the country's election commission in mounting an appeal against a controversial court ruling that calls for the 2024 presidential and general elections to be delayed.

His comments come after a Jakarta district court last week ordered the national poll body (KPU) to halt all election preparations on the back of a procedural complaint by an obscure party.

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