President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo may have pledged neutrality ahead of the 2024 elections, but he is facing renewed allegations of partiality after he and some of his deputy ministers offered public shows of support for presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto and his running mate Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

Deputy Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Raja Juli Antoni found himself in hot water recently for not-so-subtly endorsing the candidate pair in a social media post.

On Oct. 27, Raja posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, a photo taken at a hotel in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), with a caption about his activities during his official working trip there.He began his post with "selamat pagi" (good morning), followed by a definition of pagi as short for "Prabowo and Gibran".

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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST

by Yerica Lai and Nina A. Loasana (The Jakarta Post)

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