Courting Disaster —The Constitutional Court appears poised to hand down a ruling that would give political party leaders including Megawati Sukarnoputri, chair of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) power to hand pick representatives to sit in parliament following  legislative elections. Such a ruling would erode voter choice while enhancing the the sway of elites. With the head of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), Firli Bahuri, seemingly bent on pressing  corruption charges against former Jakarta governor and presidential candidate Anies Basewdan, President Joko Widodo was compelled to say he would do nothing to “tarnish democracy” — something that should go without saying. Also Jeff and Kevin talk with Amilia Rosa, a veteran Bali reporter to talk about Bali Governor Wayan Koster’s latest populist gambit: a ban on climbing any of the island’s 22 mountains.

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