Ex-president Susilo calls out Jokowi for meddling in hunt for successor

NasDem Party presidential candidate Anies Baswedan (left) greets former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (right) before a meeting on June 1, 2023. - The Jakarta Post

JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/Asia News Network): Former president and founder of the Democratic Party, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has taken a swipe at President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his allies and condemned legal threats by political leaders to block an opposition figure from running in the 2024 elections as abuses of power.

The 73-year-old talked candidly about his stance regarding Jokowi’s admission of intervening in the selection of a preferred successor in a publication titled The President Can Do No Wrong, 2024 Presidential Election & President Jokowi's ‘Cawe-Cawe’, released on Monday (June 26) to the party’s inner circle.