preacher from the Military Academy
President Joko Widodo is making the fight against radicalism one of his administration’s priorities. Taking a page from the New Order, he appointed a religious affairs minister with a military background. Nahdlatul Ulama rejects the decision.
Wayan Agus Purnomo
October 29, 2019
TWO old rivals, Fachrul Razi and Prabowo Subianto, met after ministers in Jokowi’s Indonesia Progress Cabinet were inaugurated at the State Palace on Wednesday, October 23. Between the two men stood Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investments Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan. Fachrul and Prabowo managed to embrace before conversing and sharing hearty laughters.
But in politics, the two men have always been in opposition. Fahcrul purs
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