Interfering to Preserve a Legacy
Rather than supporting Ganjar Pranowo’s presidential nomination, Jokowi is increasingly leaning towards Prabowo Subianto. The agreement in Batutulis sets him off.
Raymundus Rikang
June 5, 2023
A MOMENT before entering the room of Indonesia’s first president, Sukarno, at the Batutulis Palace in Bogor, West Java, Ganjar Pranowo received some advice from Megawati Sukarnoputri, General Chairperson of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). That day, Thursday evening, April 20, the governor of Central Java had just been informed that the PDI-P had nominated him as a presidential candidate for 2024.
Ganjar, 54, said Megawa