Close Friends in the Election
Monday, August 23, 2021
Several potential presidential candidates have long had close relationships with Jokowi. The President helped improved their electability.
WEARING a black and gold blangkon (Javanese cap), Airlangga Hartarto bowed his head with the palms of his hands facing up in front of Ki Ageng Gribig’s headstone in Klaten, Central Java. During an official work visit in June, the coordinating minister for the economy made time to visit the burial place of his ancestor, who was a descendant of Majapahit’s King Brawijaya V. “He has been performing pilgrimage here since a young age
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