Less Than Desirable Effect

Four months into his vice-presidential candidacy, some consider Ma’ruf Amin as contributing little to Joko Widodo’s popularity.

Hussein Abri Dongoran

December 18, 2018

IRSYAD Djuwaeli is frequently asked the same set of questions when he makes his rounds around Banten to campaign for presidential and vice-presidential candidates Joko Widodo and Ma’ruf Amin. The last time was two Wednesdays ago, when the head of the Banten region Bravo-5 team went to Cimanggu in Pandeglang. “They would ask who and where Ma’ruf Amin is from. ‘Why haven’t we hard [of him]?’ But a lot of people k

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