Cracks have emerged in Golkar, Indonesia’s oldest political party, as it suffers a dip in popularity and internal bickering on which presidential candidate to support ahead of February’s general election.
Prominent Golkar members such as ministers Luhut Pandjaitan and Bahlil Lahadalia, who are vying to take over the chairman’s post, have sounded the alarm over the fall in popularity from 12% of public support four years ago to around six per cent currently.
