TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Not content with merely securing the vice-presidency for his son, President Joko Widodo or Jokowi is now eyeing the position of Chairman of the Golkar Party. The party’s National ...
Setya Novanto—who had stepped down as parliament speaker in 2015 after being accused of attempted extortion—won the chairmanship of the second-largest political party, Golkar, in May and resumed his ...
Although Golkar could count on much popular support, few believed that Bakrie had a chance of becoming president. There was also controversial former army general Prabowo Subianto who had set up a new ...