WHILE showing off four books he just launched, Minister of Communication and Informatics Budi Arie Setiadi pointed to a collection of photos in one of them. One photo showed him with President Joko Widodo and First Lady, Iriana, watching the Indonesian national soccer team. “I slipped in a few photos,” Budi told Tempo at his office on Thursday, October 10, 2024.

The other three books contained the achievements of the Communicati