THE desire by President Joko Widodo to intervene in the 2024 election is a threat to democracy. If Jokowi interferes to ensure that the president who is elected is in line with his wishes, this will mean that the election process will not be honest or fair.

Before dozens of editors from Indonesian mainstream media, Jokowi said that he would not be neutral in the forthcoming presidential election. He claimed that this was for the sake of the nati