EVERY time he was reminded of the 2024 general elections, Ario Bimo Nandito Ariotedjo just shook his head. The Minister of Youth and Sports admitted that he was initially hesitant to run as a legislator in the electoral district of Jakarta I. “It’s expensive,” said Dito Ariotedjo, 33, when speaking to Tempo at his office on Tuesday, February 26.

This Golkar Party politician, with the serial number 1 on the ballot papers, a