Jokowi has been a poor guardian of Indonesia's democracy

President to leave office with an insidious legacy that bodes ill for Prabowo's turn in power

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2024-09-12 Jokowi

Indonesian President Joko Widodo waves to journalists as he enters the parliament building before delivering his  annual State of the Nation Address in Jakarta on Aug, 16. © Reuters

Johannes Nugroho is a journalist and political analyst based in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Joko Widodo's election as president in 2014 should have heralded a new era of progress, democratization and social justice for Indonesia. Instead, as he prepares to hand over power to his former nemesis Prabowo Subianto on Oct. 20, his two terms are ending on an anticlimax.

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