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View all search resultsA recent Constitutional Court ruling has added urgency for the government to issue a regulation on guidelines for appointing acting regional leaders, as several regional administration posts are set to be vacated starting in May.
President Jokowi has elected to establish the office of deputy home minister just as the principal home minister prepares to select 101 high-ranking officials to serve as acting governors, regents and mayors to replace those whose terms will end this year, followed by another batch of 171 next year.
Critics are wary of the potential for an increased military and police presence in national politics, especially as military involvement in state affairs was a core element of former president Soeharto’s authoritarian New Order regime.
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