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View all search resultsIn what appears to be their first task as leaders of East Java, the province’s governor-elect Khofifah Indar Parawansa and her deputy, Emil Elestianto Dardak, have been asked by the political parties that support them to back President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo in next year’s presidential election.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said on Wednesday that he had received and read a letter sent by Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa regarding her plan to resign from her Cabinet post to run for governor in the 2018 East Java election.
As the nation’s political spectrum is shaking up ahead of the simultaneous regional elections next year, pressure is on President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to ensure that stability remains conducive to fulfill his ambitious programs, less than two years before his tenure ends.
Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa lamented on Friday an alleged misuse of donated funds by Budi Utomo, a well-known internet crowdfunding organizer, saying the case appeared to have “inflicted severe losses on donors”.
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