Alliances relying on family ties


THERE’S a parallel between the results of Wednesday’s Indonesian presidential election and the presidential polls in the Philippines in May 2022.

The children of the sitting presidents – Joko “Jokowi” Widodo, 62, and Rodrigo Duterte, 78 – were elected vice-presidents.

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