Jokowi's political future still open to possibilities


President Jokow (centre) arrives on May 6, 2024 at the Jakarta Convention Center in Central Jakarta where he opened the National Development Planning Conference. - Antara

JAKARTA: While President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo has parted ways with the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), his political future looks promising as some political parties that have supported president-elect Prabowo Subianto have hinted at the possibility of him becoming party chair or holding a strategic party role after leaving office in October.

But this may not be straightforward, as the parties, which include Golkar and the National Mandate Party (PAN), are established institutions that have been running on fixed internal party regulations for decades.

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