How Indonesia's transformative leader tarnished his legacy
The threat, as they saw it, was from their elected leader, President Joko Widodo.
In his two terms in office, Joko, who stepped down Sunday, transformed Indonesia, virtually eradicating extreme poverty in the sprawling archipelago, where about 280 million people live. But many believe he also tried to bend the laws to install a political dynasty, undercutting the very democracy that let him become the country's first president who was not from the military or the long-established political elite.
Last year, critics say, Joko — widely known to Indonesians as Jokowi — engineered a Constitutional Court ruling that let his 36-year-old son run for vice president. The son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, was elected in February alongside Joko's choice to succeed him as president, Prabowo Subianto, a former defense minister and general who has been linked to human rights abuses.
In August, Joko's allies attempted another maneuver to get his 29-year-old son, Kaesang Pangarep, on a ballot for political office. Infuriated Indonesians saw it as another about-face from Joko, who once declared, «Becoming a president does not mean channeling power to my children.»
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