JAKARTA: President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo (pic) has denied allegations that he has resorted to unsavoury tactics as commanding officer, including trying to derail a high-profile graft probe involving a key political ally, a moment that foreshadowed the end of the country’s powerful antigraft agency.
The incumbent, barred from reelection but enjoying some of the highest approval ratings of any sitting president, has had to defend himself from a recent string of accusations levelled by former allies – all of which have suggested that Jokowi would go to lengths to achieve a desired outcome.
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