The Collapsed ‘Empty Box’ Strategy
Monday, September 2, 2024
The Indonesia Onward Coalition failed to materialize the ‘empty box’ scenario in several regions in the 2024 regional head elections. Some coalition members have jumped ship.
AGUNG Laksono was livid upon learning that Airin Rachmi Diany had received a nomination as the candidate for Banten Governor from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) on Monday, August 26. Over the phone, the senior Golkar Party politician questioned how Airin could be nominated by the PDI-P in the 2024 regional head elections.
To Agung, Airin implicitly expressed that her loyalty still lay with Golkar. “She feared being exp
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