DURING the 2019 presidential election campaign, President Joko Widodo promised to eradicate corruption no matter who was involved. In order to bring this about, he said, the law would take command. The investigation into the alleged corruption by Agriculture Minister Syahrul Yasin Limpo and the plan by the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to name him a suspect might be seen as a realization of this promise.

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