Suspected Social Assistance Distribution for Election Campaign

Jokowi reportedly puts Finance Minister Sri Mulyani under pressure over the issue of social assistance, which is vulnerable to being used for the Prabowo-Gibran presidential campaign.

Hussein Abri Dongoran

January 22, 2024

NEWS of Finance Minister Sri Mulyani stepping down came in the midst of the government’s plan for major distributions of social assistance (bansos) in the run up to the 2024 general elections. However, on Friday, January 19, she went to the Presidential Palace three times to attend cabinet meetings. Donning a pink shirt, she smiled a lot but said very little.

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