More Time for the President

Scenarios to extend the president’s tenure are in play. Various groups are approached for support.

Raymundus Rikang

August 23, 2021

DURING his visit to the Bogor Palace, West Java, on Friday, August 13, Jazilul Fawaid cautioned President Joko Widodo about the dangers of holding the 2024 general election during the Covid-19 pandemic. The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) deputy speaker said the possibility of the pandemic still raging during the scheduled election day must be anticipated.

“There can’t be a vacuum in leadership, strategies as well as ways

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