Big Coalition, Little Use
Monday, April 17, 2023
A large coalition for the 2024 elections will result in political horse-trading. There will be even less chance for alternative leadership candidates to emerge.
THE political maneuvering to establish a grand coalition being pushed by President Joko Widodo will be of little use to the people. If it is established, the party grouping will make it more difficult for the emergence of alternative presidential candidates—which the current rules for nomination already make very difficult. Therefore, if the coalition’s candidate wins the election, this is bound to result in a government rife with pol
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