HAVING served as Presidential Staff Deputy Chief for the period of 2014 to 2019, Darmawan Prasodjo has been a Palace ‘insider’. Prior to that, he was part of the Joko Widodo-Jusuf Kalla campaign team responsible for preparing campaign material during the 2014 presidential elections. He documented some of his experiences in a book titled Jokowi Mewujudkan Mimpi Indonesia (Jokowi Realizing Indonesia’s dream) published last year.