The Trusted Circles
This year’s general elections have reached its climax. The two presidential and vice-presidential candidate pairs, Joko Widodo-Ma’ruf Amin and Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno, have concluded their campaigns. On Wednesday, April 17, as many as 192 million voters will decide which pair will lead the country over the next five years. We have taken snapshots of some of the people in the candidate pairs’ inner circles, who may end up advising and influencing the next administration.
Tempo
April 15, 2019
THE night before the National Armed Forces Day in 2017, President Joko Widodo gathered high-ranking military officials from three generations on the sixth floor of the Aston Anyer Beach Hotel in Cilegon, Banten. The President was troubled that Indonesian Military (TNI) leaders were still promoting the communist revival rumor. According to Jokowi, the TNI should have instead focused their attention on more strategic matters, such as by pioneering
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