Prabowo Subianto should look in the mirror before asking the public to beware of the danger of oligarchies, after he visited the Golkar Party office last week. If it is true that the Gerindra Party is to join the government of Joko Widodo—Prabowo’s opponent in the presidential election—it is he and the party elites that now hold the reins of power that we must be worried about.

With Gerindra coming on board, the J