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"Joko Widodo, popularly known as “Jokowi”, has served as Indonesia’s president
for almost a decade. He is hugely popular, garnering around 80% in some polls.
But the constitution bars him from serving a third term in office.
Repeated proposals in recent years years to amend the constitution to allow
Jokowi to run again have gained little public or political traction. This
leaves him unable to contest the next presidential election in February.
Key powerbrokers, however, have been keen to make the most of the tens of
millions of votes that Jokowi commands – and maintain his inner circle’s
influence after he leaves the palace next year.
Perhaps their most conspicuous strategy to do this has been to install Jokowi’s
son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as vice presidential running mate for Prabowo
Subianto, now ahead in the polls with a huge lead of 20 points."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
