Indonesian business community stunned by chamber of commerce takeover

KADIN leadership change resembles political party maneuvers

20240917 Arsjad Rasjid and Anindya Bakrie

Commentators speculate that the replacement of Arsjad Rasjid, right, by Anindya Bakrie, left, as KADIN's head is linked to maneuvering by Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Source photos by AFP/Jiji and Reuters) 

ISMI DAMAYANTI, Nikkei staff writer

JAKARTA -- Indonesia's business community is reeling due to a sudden change in the leadership of the national chamber of commerce just a month before Prabowo Subianto replaces Joko "Jokowi" Widodo as president of Southeast Asia's largest economy.

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