JAKARTA: President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, a former carpenter, is taking his opponents into a game of political chess. A decision by the police to name incumbent Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama a suspect for alleged blasphemy may have well been a calculated risk - a necessary evil to secure bigger political gains.
After all, Jokowi will never allow Ahok, his friend, to drown.
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