Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Businesspeople as the leader of candidates' camp? (Opinion-Tempo, 6 December 2023)

 



The recent trend of appointing prominent businesspeople as leaders of presidential campaign teams in Indonesia has raised eyebrows. What is the reasoning behind this move? Is this a sign that 'Trumpism' and the total incorporation of business and politics are underway? Here is my latest article published by Tempo (6 December 2023):

https://koran.tempo.co/read/opini/485963/pengusaha-dan-tim-kampanye-pilpres-2024

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