Day: January 8, 2024

Haris Azhar, the executive director of Lokataru & former coordinator of KontraS, and Fatia Maulidiyanti, the current coordinator of KontraS, are scheduled today (Jan. 8) to hear the verdict from the judges at the East Jakarta Sub District Court (PN) in a defamation case against General (ret) Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, a powerful member of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration. The verdict trial today is truly worth highlighting given the public attention to this case and the implications that may come from the verdict on the 2024 race.

The presidential debate last night is over. However, the dinner meeting between President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Minister of Defense Prabowo Subianto, who is a presidential candidate from a coalition led by Gerindra Party, before the debate got more attention than the debate itself. After the meeting with Prabowo, the President also met with Airlangga Hartarto and Zulkifli Hasan, the two key leaders in Prabowo’s coalition.