Dangerous Policies from the Past

Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has dragged the image of President Joko Widodo’s government back to the past. His most recent decisions- appointing serving police generals as acting governors and regulating research permits- although subsequently revoked, are a return to the militarism of the New Order regime.

Tjahjo’s proposal to appoint two serving police generals as acting governors of North Sumatra and West Java broke several rules.

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