ago it has been a long standing struggle between modernise and traditional islam since the fall of soeharto ninety ninety eight both of the both groups tried to influence indonesia's politics. lection. and in two thousand and four and two thousand and nine they failed to do good at and but they gain the momentum in two thousand and fourteen when radical islamist groups use mr joko allegedly like office let me credentials to attack him and those force him to seek political. support from the lama for example a large islamic organization which is the moderate in terms of their islamic teachings but also very very conservative in terms of individual rights and freedoms they think it's possible he how important is this issue amongst ordinary voters. well for many i think economy still plays major all still the far more far more important thing to decide election but there are many many people who things. really just ideology off their press even before. the election of the christian governor in two thousand and fourteen inject. has only hardened the segregation and segmentation of the society yo

is the former son in law of soeharto who ruled indonesia for three decades was a former commander of military special forces he's promised to lower prices for basic necessities like fuel and food. away in haiti is life worse in the indonesian capital jakarta so wine polls are open now and from what you're seeing didn't in egypt is appearing enthusiastic about the process this time around the. yes they certainly do judging by this polling station in the heart of the capital city we have seen a fairly steady stream of people coming to cast their vote since the polls opened at seven in the morning local time in fact voters only have six hours to cast their ballots so we've only got another couple of hours left in this part of indonesia in the eastern part of the country polls are closing right now remembering we have three different time zones in this country across some seventeen thousand islands so it's a very complex process we have heard some reports of irregularities problems getting the ballot boxes the voting papers to some of the more remote polling stations some areas motorbike

and social programs while the rival candidate proposed to be on toll is the former son in law of soehartowho ruled indonesia for three decades it was a former commander of military special forces and he's promised to lower prices for basic necessities like fuel and food. still ahead on al-jazeera the chairman of algeria's constitutional council resigns but protesters remain on sanctions fight. sudanese crowds keep up the pressure on the military commanders who've taken power demanding civilians be person in charge. and we've got some pretty heavy rain around the southern parts of china at the moment let's take a look at the satellite picture because you can see the cloud responsible all of that there is now beginning to clear away for the next day or so then it's looking fairly subdued weather wise over the southeastern part though we are a fair amount of cloud at times could squeeze out one or two showers but i think predominantly we're looking at some draw your weather twenty eight force in hong kong the count's beginning to gather as we head through thursday and then we'll see a few mo