Global Courant
Earlier in June, Mr. Kaesang was seen wearing a shirt with Mr. Prabowo’s face on it while visiting an Indonesian cultural festival in Ansan, South Korea.
When asked about the shirt in a social media post, he said, “Kaesang is a fan of Pak Prabowo.” This was the second time Mr. Kaesang had received media attention for wearing such a shirt.
A survey in May by Indonesia’s oldest newspaper, Kompas, found that Mr Widodo’s endorsement could influence voters: 53 percent of respondents said they would consider his choice and 16 percent said they would vote according to his preference .
Political experts said Mr Widodo’s relatives’ political careers would be safer if he sided with Mr Prabowo, rather than 54-year-old Pranowo, a PDI-P member and current governor of Central Java .
According to various pollsters, Mr. Prabowo and Mr. Ganjar are the two most popular and eligible candidates for the next presidential election.
Political observers also noted that PDI-P is a family-run party rather than a professional one, with Ms. Megawati Sukarnoputri as the founder and still the leader, and her son, daughter and other family members occupying strategic posts.
Meanwhile, the only child of Mr. Prabowo, a well-known fashion designer who has mainly lived abroad, has no political ambitions.
