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View all search resultsFour cabinet members have been summoned to the witness stand in election-dispute hearings to testify about the distribution of social aid during the campaign season, which the losing presidential candidates allege was used for the benefit of the eventual winner, Prabowo Subianto.
President-elect Prabowo Subianto will not disappoint members of his electoral alliance over the allocation of portfolios in the incoming administration, says a senior member of Prabowo’s Gerindra Party, as tussles begin over prized positions in his upcoming cabinet.
Signs of fractures within President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration over electoral politics have cast doubt on the effectiveness of the government in the President’s last year in office, amid accusations that top officials are covertly backing certain candidates.
A month into the campaign season, election contenders have agreed with Vice President Ma'ruf Amin that ministers running or campaigning for their candidates in the February presidential race should resign from their posts so they do not get distracted from their jobs.
The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has said it remains committed to supporting the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, even as several ministers consider resigning over the President’s apparent support of his son’s nomination on a rival ticket.
The ARF has become the most important forum in the Asia Pacific to discuss global security issues, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China’s nine-dash-line claim of sovereignty over nearly the whole South China Sea and the increasing tension in the Indo-Pacific region.
The opposition Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) was the first to register its candidates on Monday, while Hanura Party, which contested the 2019 legislative elections but failed to send its representatives to the House, completed its registration on Wednesday.
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has left the door open for a Cabinet reshuffle, fueling rumors that ministers from the pro-government NasDem Party – which has thrown its weight behind opposition figurehead Anies Baswedan – will be on the chopping block, an idea that the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) has supported.
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