Aside from the opposition losing its base, Wednesday’s elections also saw pro-Prabowo parties that had decided to split from KIM to back their own candidates in several regions being defeated by the ...
This has led observers and netizens to dub the Jakarta race a match-up between Jokowi and one-time presidential ... of West Java,” Mr Widodo said in a speech that was broadcast "live" on KompasTV.
Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipino domestic worker who is facing drug charges in Indonesia, was set to be executed in April 2015. But the last-minute reprieve granted to her by former Indonesian president ...
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Power is the proverbial drug that leaders find hard to quit. After ten years as Indonesia’s president, Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has passed the baton to Prabowo Subianto October 20. However, Jokowi is no ...
New oil palm and sugarcane plantations are part of the government’s “food estate” program, begun under Jokowi and embraced by Prabowo. The rationale, as outlined in his inauguration speech, is to ...
Jokowi expressed his hope that Ridwan Kamil would achieve at least 51% of the vote during the upcoming election on November 27, 2024. "In the presidential election, our target is 51%, but the actual ...