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Jokowi Affirms No Interference in 2024 Presidential Candidate Affairs

Jokowi Affirms No Interference in 2024 Presidential Candidate Affairs President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has dismissed accusations of meddling or cawe-chawe in the election for presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 2024 presidential election. Jokowi emphasized that his meeting with the chairmen of six political parties a few days ago was an arena for political discussion.  "Cawe-cawe? He..he..he.. not cawe-cawe. It's just a discussion, why are you cawe-cawe. Discussion, I have already said that I am also a political official. I am not a cawe-cawe," said Jokowi at Sarinah, Central Jakarta, Thursday (4/5/2023).  Jokowi emphasized that the affairs of the presidential candidate are the affairs of the party. He admitted that he had repeatedly emphasized this.  "The matter of the presidential candidate is the business of the party or coalition of parties, I have conveyed it back and forth. If they invite me, I invite them that's fine," he sa