Palace Interference in the Jakarta Gubernatorial Election
The PDI-P canceled its plan to nominate Anies Baswedan for the Jakarta gubernatorial election. Pressure came in the form of legal cases and revisions to the MD3 Law.
Erwan Hermawan
September 2, 2024
ON Monday afternoon, August 26, Megawati Soekarnoputri had a discussion with three officials of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) over lunch. In the meeting on the 3rd floor of the PDI-P office, Megawati discussed the Jakarta gubernatorial election. Meanwhile, in another part of the PDI-P office on Jalan Diponegoro, Central Jakarta, Anies Baswedan was waiting to meet Megawati.
At that time, Anies was unaware that Megawati
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