Split Irrevocable Between Indonesia’s Jokowi and His Party
President, PDIP going separate ways
By: Ainur Rohmah
Last January 2023, at the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDIP, the country’s biggest and most powerful political organization, the party’s leader Megawati Sukarnoputri turned to President Joko Widodo and said condescendingly, "Mr Jokowi, without PDIP, poor you." The 76-year-old Megawati’s…
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