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Jokowi's Hesitancy Threatens PDI-P Bid
President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (right), accompanied by Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto (left) and Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo, inspects a rice harvest in Lajer village, Kebumen regency, Central Java, on March 9, 2023.(Presidential Secretariat's Press Bureau/Laily Rachev)
May 29th, 2023 | 08:04 AM | 442 views
JAKARTA
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s consistent popularity through to his final year in office may pose a challenge for his own party the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), the largest party in the ruling coalition, as he appears to keep his options in regard to his succession open while his supporters shift over to three-time presidential hopeful Prabowo Subianto.
Back with an approval rating of more than 70 percent in public opinion polls, an achievement that any final-term president in any democracy in the world would look on with envy, Jokowi has proven his critics wrong for thinking he would be leading a lame-duck presidency at this stage.
But even though he still has command over hundreds of thousands of die-hard supporters prepared to follow his lead, the astute businessman-turned-politician has kept everyone guessing over his choice of a successor for when he steps down.
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courtesy of THE JAKARTA POST
by YERICA LAI (THE JAKARTA POST)
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