FOUR years ago, President Joko Widodo said that none of his children were interested in going into politics. Today, two of his sons and his son-in-law are politicians. There are even expectations that his oldest son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, will run for the vice presidency despite being too young under the existing law.

Whether or not Gibran will become a vice-presidential candidate is in the hands of the Constitutional Court, which will read it