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Indonesia concluded its elections as polling stations closed, with a massive voter turnout deciding the successor to President Joko Widodo, widely known as Jokowi, who completes his second term in office.
While economic growth and infrastructure improved under Jokowi’s watch, some worry about democratic decline.
Corruption continues to blight Indonesia as President Jokowi nears the end of his second term. Four political figures related to his regime have recently been sentenced for wrongdoing.
With the arrest of Syahrul, six of President Jokowi's cabinet ministers have gone to prison for corruption.
On 17 May 2023 the Attorney General’s Office of Indonesia officially named Johnny G. Plate, Minister of Communication and Information, a suspect in a corruption case that involves the construction of base transceivers stations across the Archipelago. Plate was also immediately arrested in Jakarta.