can jakarta's new subway use congestion in the traffic choked indonesian capital we'll speak to a public transport consultant trying to end the gridlock. i'm melissa chan welcome to the program it's good to have you with us we start out in malaysia where the sole remaining suspect charged in the murder of the north korean leader's half brother may soon be out of jail drunk kwong from vietnam has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge and could be released as early as next month the other suspect was released in march both have been arrested for the two thousand and seventeen kuala lumpur airport killing of kim jong nam with a deadly v. x. nerve agent the women say they thought they were part of a prank t.v. show it's a suspected that kim's death was a political assassination planned by north korean agents. as if that episode wasn't strange enough there's been a nother cloak and dagger incident involving north korea here in europe you may remember that break in it happened last month at the north korean embassy in the dread well over the weekend north korea finally responded calling it quote a

why move operations out of jakarta ? sharanjit leyl. why move operations out ofjakarta?hen was the last time you are stuck ina cartrying when was the last time you are stuck in a car trying to get somewhere from jakarta resnick this is something government ministers have to face as well. they are often accompanied by police convoys to get to their next meeting on time. in 2016 there was a survey done that officially found that jakarta, with its 30 million strong population, has the world's worst traffic congestion. and this costs the city money, as well. some $7 billion in lost productivity every year, in fa ct. lost productivity every year, in fact. and there is another reason. the city is also sinking. according to researchers, it will be potentially submerged by 2050. so all of this is part of the reason. and it is going to cost money as well. at the moment the president and his team are looking to move this administrative capital, to potentially build a new city, they say it may cost about $33 billion. so they don't want it all to entirely rely on state funding, beca

if you've ever visited jakarta you will know it has some of the worst traffic jams in the world while the government has finally opens the city's first subway line it's one small but significant step in alleviating some of the transportation gridlock. indonesian president djoko we doto was among those taking the inaugural ride on the country's first subway opening jakarta as north-south line he called it the beginning of a new civilization. it's a project long in the making planning started in the one nine hundred eighty s. but construction only got underway in october twenty third teen when we jo-jo was the veneer of jakarta it's just one part of a major transport overhaul slowly taking shape in indonesia as top of the government hopes that by improving public transport it can persuade commuters to ditch their cars today bt i am very happy we used to have to go abroad to see a match or a system but now our city has wanted to let me get am under. this transport system will definitely help solve our traffic jam problem. journeys will be faster than what i would have been. peace is the

fighting a force a challenge and thomas or for some jakarta. on a south jakarta basketball court people took part in the world's biggest one day acts of national democracy almost two hundred million people were eligible to vote for candidates of five different levels of government from national president to regional legislative representative collectively people could cost close to a billion separate votes. i'm very happy to be here i urge everyone to come because these they represent in the cressi in indonesia. i'm very proud of this because it means i have fought for a good leader. for president people were choosing between me and company. known by many as jacoby and his challenger. jocko campaigned on his economic record particularly his government's investment in infrastructure despite using a conservative muslim cleric as his running mate djoko is seen as more liberal than his opponents proposed targeted more religious voters and those concerned about the pace of economic change he argued for more religious oversight of society and a slowd

outside jakarta indonesia. hello again the headlines on al jazeera fighting has escalated in libya despite a call for a truce by the united nations which was largely ignored forces allied to the un backed government up come under heavy fire from troops loyal to warlords have to have to forces are reportedly preparing to open up new fronts as they push towards the capital tripoli sudan's president bashir has met our new leaders and says the demands of the protesters must be heard thousands of anti-government protesters want the military to back them in their demands of forcing bashir out of power an explosion following an airstrike by saudi coalition forces had a school in the yemeni killing at least eleven students thirty nine others were wounded in the attack on a residential area east of the capital. syrian government forces have reportedly killed at least fourteen people in the northwest it happened in the countryside the town of the hardest hits is the last rebel held territory in syria supposed to be free

in february two thousand and thirteen nearly half of jakarta was underwater. scenes like this are likely to become increasingly common. ocean levels continue to rise the land is collapsing and heavy rains are becoming more frequent. about one third of jakarta is currently below sea level environmental problems are causing a growing number of people to flee the city but most want to remain or have no other choice in an effort to protect the capital the government has begun building a seawall. but only six of the plan fifty kilometers have been built. and even their water is finding its way through it's becoming clear that everything located directly on the water will one day fall victim to it like this mosque. the bacteria's actually. neighborhoods would be flooded because rich neighborhoods have raised them so you know but exactly because they have raised their good all so the water. really flowed to sort of the poor neighborhood. poor districts located along one of jakarta's thirteen rivers often stay submerged for weeks when the floodwaters rise. areas near

but will his victory what will it mean for the country we will hear from jakarta also. construct the cathedral a. beautiful place for. gold to be reached within five years.

ten percent margin does hold true then probably not a lot is far as we could tell in the city of jakarta most of the voting went by pretty well the procedure was carried out without too much disruption there were a few delays in some of the polling stations outside all jakarta if particularly in the east of the country there was some pretty major disruptions particularly in the province of popular and also in neighboring province hundreds of polling stations there weren't even able to stop because some of the equipment didn't arrive on time voting papers ballot boxes things like that so in hundreds of those polling stations particularly in pop where the election wasn't able to be held so will be held on thursday so certainly these results are provisional as i say though some of the companies the organizations that are reporting them have got it right in the past on several occasions and it appears that joko widodo is heading for a second term in office thank you for that wayne he correspondent in indonesia's capital jakarta they were the latest on the election results now uganda says it

there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center covering a distance of sixteen kilometers the plan is to expand this to eventually cover one hundred twelve kilometers with more than sixty stations by twenty twenty five since coming to power in two thousand and fourteen president joe kudo's administration has prioritized infrastructure development like this one as one of the ways to unlock the country's economic potential other projects include the construction of ports roads power plants and oil refineries since the country is moving from the commodity base to the manufacturing base producing more high value at products it needs quite calm but the. system exporting goods from any genre or just sending them around the country is expensive logistics costs make up around twenty four percent of g.d.p. much higher than the regional average but the infrastructure projects also come at a price they're estimated to cost four hundred billion dollars over five years adding to government debt levels but the government says that the debt is manageable by law we a

from nearly two hundred million eligible voters will have been tallied andrew thomas reports from jakarta. i just hope they shout the president's victory may not be official yet but it's no less real for that in the center of jakarta his supporters are celebrating quick counts were carried out of voting stations as soon as the voting process finished each ballot paper held up to show where holes have been punched once tallied they pointed to a clear victory for the incumbent. we have all seen the in the. results but let's be patient we need to wait for the old. let's all unite as a nation. almost two hundred million people were eligible to vote and with the turnout of eighty one percent wednesday's vote was one of the biggest ever one day exercise in democracy anyway. i'm very happy to be here i urge everyone to come because this day represents in the cressi in indonesia. i'm very proud of this because i have fought for a good leader but it wasn't a smooth process everywhere the biggest problems were in west papua where ballot papers and boxes failed to arrive and voting has been delayed

forre live in jakarta round two. straight to the market action with sophie in hong kong. what are we seeing? sophie: we are seeing some green shoots in tokyo with the nikkei 225 looking to extend gains. the topix up 2/10 of 1% after dropping on tuesday. the yen looking little changed, hovering around 112 as we digest the latest trade figures in japan where march exports fell less than forecast the, down for the month. checking in on the mood in seoul. looking to come under pressure after a 13 day rally. off by 1/10 of 1%. keeping our eyes on the airline, the stock under pressure. kbb reportedly said the sale would take at least six months. flipping the board to check in on the mood in sydney. the asx 200 is off by about 2/10 of 1% after a three-day advance. the company very much in view with plenty of production updates from the likes of bhp and more. we are seeing the aussie dollar take a hit, resuming yesterday's decline that was sparked by dovish rba minutes. further weakness for the currency should iron ore price

islamic hard line so how crucial will islam be in this election here's more from did a cleric in jakarta. more muslims call indonesia home and than any other country on earth. now the young democracy is at a crossroads as its tradition of religious tolerance is put to the test by this year's elections despite the tensions indonesians are excited to go to the polls. for me the most important thing is security without chaos to choose a president who carries out the people's will. no one should refuse to pull up. people carry out their duties and go to the polls i peel to the people of indonesia to go to their local polling station and nobody should not for. this coming election is important because one vote can determine the fate of the nation. this year islamic identity has been at the center of how candidates compete especially in the conversation taking place behind the scenes president joko widodo and his sole competitor. ran against each other five years ago but this election is much more than just a rematch in the last few years islam is to groups that used to be considered fringe ha

there's only one line at the moment running from south jakarta to the city center covering a distance of sixteen kilometers the plan is to expand this to eventually cover one hundred twelve kilometers with more than sixty stations by twenty twenty five since coming to power in two thousand and fourteen president joe kudo's administration has prioritized infrastructure development like this one as one of the ways to unlock the country's economic potential other projects include the construction of ports roads power plants and oil refineries since the country is moving from the commodity base to the manufacturing base producing more high value at products it needs quite calm but the. system exporting goods from any genre or just sending them around the country is expensive logistics costs make up around twenty four percent of g.d.p. much higher than the regional average but the infrastructure projects also come at a price they're estimated to cost four hundred billion dollars over five years adding to government debt levels but the government says that the debt is manageable by law we a

linked to the country's former military regime polls are closing there now we'll get the latest from jakarta also coming up i don't reckon struck the cathedral not going to be even more beautiful than the whole truth and i won't be going to be reached within five years and france's president demand on my call sets an ambitious target to restore notre dame cathedral after fire death at a paris lab. and japan's cherry blossoms have become a symbol of spring but what about mexico's have got on the trees there vibrant flowers are a well loved springtime spectacle in the country but it was a japanese immigrant who made them popular there and in a march to his homeland we'll tell you more about the blossom secret history. i'm sumi so much fun it's great to have you with us. voting has just wrapped up in landmark elections in indonesia it's the first time both presidential and parliamentary elections are being held at the same time but it's the presidential election that's getting the most attention and could define indonesia's future indonesia is a mainly muslim country and religion has been a maj

and that's all that many of indonesia's one hundred ninety million voters want a month ago jakarta's first metro line opened but president joe we do know it doesn't have the money to deliver the roads bridges and railways needed right across indonesia that leaves big cities like jakarta as gridlocked as ever but that's good for the motorcycle taxi business at least. take a very violent or gray hang joins us now from singapore andrea you've been following this election for us one of the latest results looking like well the early election results are showing that president the incumbent president joe cole we don't know or djoko he is he leading by eight to ten percentage points over his second time rival proposal be until now this margin is rather slim compared to the twenty fourth teen elections between the same candidates and there are a number of reasons for this name levy the criticism that the progress on the economy has not been quick enough especially for its middle class residents and at the same time he's also been criticised for not being conservative or entitled muslim how q

yes the polls have just opened here in the capital jakarta part of west indonesia remembering thoughthat there are three time zones in this country so polls in some areas opened just over an hour ago in other areas just over two hours ago difficult at this stage to say exactly what the turnout is that this early stage of voting particularly because as you say there are more than one hundred ninety million eligible voters and more than eight hundred thousand polling stations right around this country so we're only talking about a few hundred voters going to each polling station traditionally we have a turnout in indonesia elections of around seventy percent maybe more this time because of the historic nature of this vote this is the first time that the presidential election is held on the same day as the legislative elections but also because of the divisive nature of what has been a very long election campaign many disagreements many debates arranging or. surrounding issues like the economy and also religion. in indonesia's capital jakarta drivers of three wheeled taxis have more tim

contest between him and an ex general but what would his victory mean for the country we'll hear from jakarta also coming up we don't reconstruct the cathedral don't you want to be even more beautiful beautiful. and i want that goal to be reached within five years. france's among one bucholtz promises notre dumb will rise from the ashes today he meets ministers to plan its restoration. and novak djokovic eases into clay court season at the monte carlo masters but it doesn't all go as planned for the world number one and his first match on the surface this year . i'm sumi so misconduct it's good to have you with us. exit polls in indonesia's elections are pointing towards a significant victory for the country's current presidential he's. the scale of these elections is vost one hundred ninety million potential voters scattered over eight thousand dial and across three time zones and spanning hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages. thousands of seats are up for grabs but the focus is on the two main contenders current president. and his challenger. seem keen above all twin brace the

indonesians are eligible to take wayne hay has more from jakarta.we've seen a fairly steady stream of voters coming here to cast their ballots polls will only be open for six hours so it's a very narrow window for indonesians to come and vote for the president also legislative seats local council seats as well it's a very complex process and we're hearing there are some difficulties in some of the more remote parts of this country we're talking about a country spending some seventeen thousand islands so not surprising that there are some problems with this process some areas reporting they still haven't received the ballot boxes and the ballot papers with just a few hours to go before the voting closes the chairman of constitutional council. has resigned from his post the protesters are still continuing their calls to replace the rest of the country's entire ruling elite. egypt's parliament has rubber stand constitutional amendments that could keep president the fact that i.c.c. in power for another decade it voted fifty five hundred thirty one to t

karishma vaswani reports from jakarta. an unexpected victory for indonesia's president, joko widodo. the unofficial results have shown a significantly for him. and even though there is still a challenge ahead with the opposition campus saying they have also one that this presidency, mr widodo is getting back to work today and is expected to be in the office to carry out this mandate. the election he has run has very much been focused on the economy. remember, back in 2014, when he was first elected, he promised he would see an economy that would grow by 7%. that didn't happen. instead, what we have seen over the last few years is economic growth in indonesia of around 5%. now, one of the other key platforms in this campaign has been infrastructure developments. and on that we have seen some evidence that he has made good on his promises. just down the street from here is jakarta's mass rapid transport system. the first infrastructure project of its kind in this city. while that has been a success, one of the other big infr

for the moment when a life for us there in jakarta thanks frank now in wilson is a research fellow at murdoch university asia research center he says joe cole we don't know has the upper.

on a south jakarta basketball court people took part in the world's biggest one day acts of national democracy almost two hundred million people were eligible to vote for candidates of five different levels of government from national president to regional legislative representative collectively people could cost close to a billion separate votes. very happy to be here i urge everyone to come because they represent in the. last week. i'm very proud of this because i have fought for a good leader. for president people were choosing between the incumbent. known by many. and his challenger. campaigned on his economic record particularly his government's investment in infrastructure despite choosing a conservative muslim cleric as his running mate djoko is seen as more liberal than his opponents proposed targeted more religious voters and those concerned about the pace of economic change he argued for more religious oversight of society and a slowdown of deindustrialization. to preserve manual a manufacturing job presenting essentially a job on one hand that things are going well and tha

indonesia's capital jakarta drivers of three will taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these workers they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve the economic situation that is so good these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today two to three dollars a day or the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. we want to continue our effort to develop the economic independence of indonesia jacoby's main focus has been on infrastructure development like the opening of an underground train line in jakarta which was first proposed more than thirty years ago. on the campaign trail joko widodo has spent much of his time trying to sell voters o

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the whole large rallies in the capital jakarta more than one hundred ninety million people aren't able to vote on april seventeenth when he joins us live now from there when so is interest in the elections starting to build. throughout certainly seems that way and as you mentioned this is the final day of campaigning saturday it all comes to an end up to six months of this election campaign we will see the final rallies held by both the presidential candidates and other candidates but legislative seats as well right around this. capella go and it seems that enthusiasm is extremely high for this vote perhaps because some of the divisive subjects that we're seeing debated throughout this election campaign but also because this is a repeat of the two thousand and fourteen election the president joked against. so this is the final campaign really. for the president the organ at organizers of this event say that they will be more than a million people coming here today to see the president speak at his final rally we saw some fairly similar numbers last weekend which was the final big rally

well it certainly seems that way the polling groups here in the capital city jakarta have been open for just two hours now these polling stations right in the heart of the city have seen a fairly steady number of coaches coming through even though we are hearing some reports of irregularities not just in the capital city but in particular further afield in some of the more remote areas reports coming in that some of the voting paper ballot boxes still haven't been delivered to some of those polling stations because of logistical problems but here in the city we are seeing a feely good to an out so far it seems it's going to be very difficult though to gauge exactly what the turnout is because we're talking about some eight hundred thousand polling stations right around the country for the more than one hundred ninety million eligible voters so we're talking about only a few hundred of votes is coming to each polling station really so the polling stations in the capital city in this part of the country will be open for another four hours it's a very small window for indonesians to come o

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karishma vaswani, bbc news, jakarta.didates are using religion to define themselves. if senate in the choice of the running made for presidentjoko widodo, the incumbent, his got the 76—year—old as his vice presidential candidate. 0n the other side you've got prabowo subianto and some businessmen running after having courted their critics saying many a summer courted their critics saying many a summer script, you can often see those groups represented with their flags at the rallies that have been held in jakarta flags at the rallies that have been held injakarta and other parts of the country. that's just one of the choices that these residents and press —— people across the archipelago will have to make, voting kicked off about an hour or so voting kicked off about an hour or so ago and on the ballots, on the choice, amongst the choices indonesians are making today, besides the presidential and vice president shall candidates, thousands of seats across the local and national legislative parliaments, it's a really compli

from jakarta. after six months indonesia's election campaign came to a large colorful end in jakarta on the final day that campaigning was allowed hundreds of thousands streamed into the last rally for president djoko widodo the man they called is running for a second five year term in office. he has brought equal development all around indonesia in villages in remote areas like other presidents wouldn't bother to visit she pays attention he is a brave man and also are. can can. still many good things like infrastructure that. we need for our lives today for the future of the reli was held inside a stadium named after indonesia's first president sukarno joko widodo became the seventh in two thousand and fourteen and was greeted like a rock star as he campaigned to stay in the job. but. the young the woman and the man real make sure that our lives are better than today in five years time. when stays election will be one of the largest displays of democracy in the world this will be the first time th

karishma vaswani reports from jakarta.and his message of unity and economic growth. joko widodo can definitely pack in the crowds. he is selling the same vision this time round, but in a decidedly different political landscape, and some of the choices he has made have disappointed his supporters. two years ago, hardline protests broke out against his former right—hand man, chinese indonesian christian, basuki tjahaja purnama, or ahok, as he's known. he was accused of blasphemy against islam. and, as the nation watched, ahok went through a highly politicised trial and eventually went to jail. jokowi stayed silent. today, jokowi's running mate is a hard—line muslim cleric, and one of the leaders of that witch—hunt. a visible attempt to silence those who have questioned his religious credentials. his main opponent, former military general, prabowo subianto, has also tacked into a growing desire for power amongst hardline muslim groups. both sides in the presidential campaign have used religious issues, they have used islam as

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covering the elections in jakarta.oughout the course of the day, including the countries former finance minister and others. airwaysp next, jet suspending all flight operations after failing to secure bailout funding. we will have the details on what comes next. this is bloomberg. ♪ haidi: the bank of korea has held interest rates on hold at 1.75%, as expected by the economist survey, forecasting no change in the rate. expectket continuing to no move in the interest rates this year despite the press to growth and sluggish recovery when it comes to the key semiconductor unit. we will get more details on that as they become available. leaving that key rate unchanged at 1.75%. jet airways has suspended all flight operations after failing to secure a bailout. decided to hold services on a temporary basis from thursday. our editor has the story for us. this story has incrementally gotten worse over the next few days, a huge blow for the indian aviation sector. a slow death going on for a number of months now, almost six mon

yvonne: jakarta coming back in a really positive way after the election. one of the big movers after widodog a second -- joko securing a second term. investors liking the stability here that could be business as usual. flashing bright green for your jci. 1.5% at the moment. rupiah getting a bit. 14,010., around the rest of asia not looking so green. take a look at south korea, hong kong and the nikkei. we are slightly lower. deal in seeing a trade may. we got this blowout gdp number from china. yet markets are underwhelmed. what will give? perhaps trade discussion is one thing. china not exactly moving markets, that yesterday we did see a ramp up when it comes to auto stocks. they will make it easier for people to buy a car. take a look at malaysia. i want to mention bonds continuing to selloff. the 30 year up four basis points on the yield. considering not adding malaysian bonds into their global indices. malaysia not joining in on this global rally. let's look at the boards. take a look at china. lackluster. we are down 0.5%. points.g lower by 150 chines

rally we saw some fairly similar numbers last weekend which was the final big rally in the capital jakarta for probabl y. as well he held it at the same. leaders says a breakdown in talks with the u.s. could revive tensions moon calls for the u.s. to show the right attitude kim says he's open to a third meeting with u.s. president donald trump but he wants the u.s. to lift sanctions and for dialogue. for those with a headline news continues here on al-jazeera after witness. you go i was told that money. watch what i wanted you young. walked out of on the one i show you the. philippines and we. will lead you to its own. because of the sourcing which plants. things i want to see. a lot of the mess in the me. want to go out and work. toward us on. the legislature. lots of those. bills i want. to go just to. it's one of those. a. single one to the flu the other is that. you. are going. to. hold on and are good you're there for that you. know. there's another bob woodward . who's with me. says that this is what i want. to tell you about when i'm visiting. fugitives in vietnam and. china and i s

currently, jakarta is indonesia's capital.ng at one of the fastest rates in the world. that brings scenese like this. jakarta sits on the coast on swampy land, and is criss—crossed by 13 rivers. plus much of it sits below sea level. researchers say parts of the city could be entirely submerged within 30 years. it also has the world's worst traffic congestion. sometimes government ministers have to be escorted by police convoys to get to meetings on time. and adding to the problem is how much residents ofjakarta rely on groundwater which has this effect — sinking the buildings on top of it. it's not the first time indonesia has talked about moving its capital city, and it wouldn't be the first country to do so. nigeria's capital is abuja, but it used to be lagos. and brazil's capital relocated from overcrowded rio de janeiro to brasilia in 1961. rebecca henschke is the bbc‘s asia production editor, and lived injakarta for many years. i spoke to her earlier about why this big move may need to happen. so they need a solution. the

this is the jakarta post for example on thursday five more years and that reflects very the general media mood certainly here the joker without it has done enough to win another term as president andrew the main challenger but. he's challenging these initial counts is that like it's not you know overall results do we think. you know he's not just challenging them down he's saying that he has won that they've done their own sample their own polling and that sixty two percent of voters according to him say that they want to him as president he's declared himself president but he's also saying at the same time we should wait for the official results to come out of the end of may and he said it then if they don't show what he's saying which is that he proposes one then he'll challenge them and he'll do that he's saying through the constitutional court rather than illegal actions or encouraging people to take to the street he did exactly the same it must be said back in twenty fourteen when he won or rather he lost to jacoby by a narrow margin and then the constitutional court considered

i'm wayne hay reporting from jakarta where we'll tell you why there are threats of street protests as indonesia prepares for an election. hello schoolie well it's been reported throughout pakistan particularly in the science and it's all part of this frontal system here which wraps itself around the driving head over afghanistan and so that is where the current rain or snow is likely to be the still there on tuesday some rain in pakistan some across india as well mostly up through afghanistan and beyond on the western side if you like the foothills of the himalayas most around there for is dry there is more cloud and rain now showing itself over turkey of syria down to lebanon as well and just hang around sure northern iraq is just northern iraq was eighteen by dozen the sunshine or hung around the thirty mark and barry was up to seventeen degrees so there was a sunshine to show when you take the cloud away you're not driving a cold wind and that's true for the south as well there has forecast max at thirty four abu dhabi slowly trying to catch up in landing no matter where in the mid

i'm going to be jakarta way to meet you down preparing to vote in an election that for many will be about the economy and trying to decide whether the current president has done enough to improve their lives. and we've got plenty of showers across the southeast in parts of asia at the moment the satellite picture is showing plenty of them in the southern part of our map and then quite a large cluster of thunderstorms that just to the north of somalia but if we look at the weather for the next few days we'll see this plenty of showers again across the southern parts but also further north we can expect some as well say for some of us in thailand through cambodia it will be showery at times and some of those showers will also be affecting us impulsive viet-nam towards the east of course in the philippines more in the way of drawing weather but even here for some of us in luzon we can expect the old shower on wednesday towards the south and we've got a little weather front that's making its way across parts of australia ahead of that the temperatures all beginning to rise that we're looking

let's get more from you know graphic indonesian service he's in jakarta to cover the elections it's good to see you know it's a complicated enough election as it is but what are the key issues here. well there are three key issues to watch in this election in measure namely own democratic future because of the devise if campaign strategy human rights violation and also economy get the latest being the most important ones for the voters china has become a contentious issue for this because for many indonesians chinese involvement in their own economy is hugely unpopular but unluckily for both candidates. whoever wins this election will be dependent on china's chinese vestment to boost the economy growth because indonesia is not an easy country to invest in for specially for many westerners because of the infrastructure and also do massive corruption problems and so far china is the only big investors who are reeling to manage those risks in terms of managing these risks into egypt because at the current president your cover dawdle has been balancing it well somewhat because infrastructure

in indonesia's capital jakarta drivers of three wheeled taxis have more time than they used to to talk politics the president joko widodo has encouraged other modes of transport that can be ordered online meaning business has reduced dramatically for these workers they say they'll vote for change in wednesday's election in the hope it will improve the economic situation that you see. these days it's so difficult for me to make a living we don't have enough money for tomorrow's food if we don't work today i only make two to three dollars a day. the economy has been one of the main points of debate during this six month election campaign it's growing at around five percent which is short of what the president was aiming for body enough he says to earn a second term in office. we want to continue our effort to develop the economic independence of indonesia jacoby's main focus has been on infrastructure development like the opening of an underground train line in jakarta which was first proposed more than thirty years ago. on the campaign trail joko widodo has spent much of his time trying

our reporter claire richardson has been following the boat for us today in the capital jakarta and she joins us for more on the story hi claire so president. set to win a second term as we've heard right now the numbers show that he's leading his challenger by around thirteen percent how reliable are those numbers. well this is from what is called a quick count it is based on actual votes that they are counting it is not an exit poll and it comes from pollsters that have been fairly reliable in the past so it will serve us as a good indicator although those percentage points might shift around a little bit in the coming hours as more data comes and it does seem it that way that the kind of believe that if you go we that we have that we can expect that voters do seem to have given him another five year term. claire we mentioned you know it's nearly two hundred million voters. on one day it's a huge logistical challenge how did the boko.