Joko Widodo blames fake news for electability drop in West Java

March 04, 2019 11:42 AM

JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Incumbent President Joko Widodo has claimed that rampant fake news and slander has negatively affected his electability and that of his running mate, Mr Ma’ruf Amin, in West Java, Indonesia’s most populous province.

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