WHEN seeing President Joko Widodo after a limited meeting at the Bogor Palace, West Java, Monday, May 16, Coordinating Minister for the Economy Airlangga Hartarto informed him of the formation of the United Indonesia Coalition. It consists of the Golkar Party, the National Mandate Party (PAN), and the United Development Party (PPP).

Speaking to Tempo on Wednesday, May 18, Airlangga confirmed having met the President. “He said ‘...