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2018, August 07 - 13 --- Tempo

In an effort to stay in power for another five years, Joko Widodo is increasingly turning to the "right". He is considering the political Islam factor when making decisions, including determining his choice of running mate. This tendency means there is potential for bias in public policy decisions taken by the administration that he leads. The incumbent has visited many Islamic boarding schools, or pesantren, in the run up to the election year. He has claimed this is because he wants to know more about them, saying they are important in building the character of the nation. He also believes the pesantren economy needs developing.

Jokowi also gives the impression that he is enthusiastically embracing this group. In May, he asked Public Works and Housing Minister Basoeki Hadimoeljono to build a public housing complex at the Prof Dr Hamka Pesantren in Padang. It is no coincidence that West Sumatra is one of five provinces where Jokowi came second to Prabowo Subianto in the 2014 presidential election -- the others were West Java, Banten, Gorontalo and West Nusa Tenggara.

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