Jokowi’s ‘Second Term Curse
In the six years of Jokowi’s administration, the scope for public participation has been reduced. It is too soon for him to establish a dynasty.
Tempo
October 26, 2020
PRESIDENT Joko Widodo seems to have been struck by the “curse of the second term.” In the first year of his second term, in the eyes of political experts and the international media, Indonesian democracy continued to experience a decline. In the middle of the pandemic, opposition from students, laborers and civil society groups towards the government increased.
Political experts in the United States often use the expression “se
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