Indonesia’s virus deaths highest in Southeast Asia. Why is Jokowi rushing to get back to business?

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With low testing levels, it's unclear just how bad the pandemic is in Indonesia. But President Joko Widodo is keen to get the economy restarted quickly, in part, to avoid widespread social unrest.

After authorities were attacked online for failing to do anything about hoaxes, the police finally pulled musician Erdian Aji Prihartanto in for questioning this week over the herbal “cure” for coronavirus he discussed in a video with a so-called microbiology researcher.

Some Jokowi opponents recently declared a new group, the Action Coalition to Save Indonesia , but they are unlikely to achieve much against a government that has largely closed ranks. Bringing leading opponents like rival presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto into cabinet and negotiating a political alliance that can dominate the legislature has put him in a good position. For now, at least, he looks set to sit this crisis out, regardless of his government’s sluggish and messy response to the pandemic.

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Pres Widodo is banking on economic hope, the road to recovery. There's no vaccine anyway, They are relying on prevention through following WHO guidelines. Their Covid19 record does not differ much from us.

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