Why is Jokowi’s wife cast as a villain over son’s Indonesian vice-presidential run?

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more on this: https://sc.mp/qtkr Iriana Widodo, wife of Indonesian President Joko Widodo, has been known as a reserved first lady, generally keen to stay out of the limelight during her husband’s nine years in office. For the past few weeks, however, her name has set Indonesian social media abuzz with heated debate over allegations that she masterminded the vice-presidential candidacy of her son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, as running mate of Prabowo Subianto – the leading candidate in the race to become the next presidential after Joko’s term end. This video corrects some technical issues in the previous upload. Support us: https://subscribe.scmp.com Follow us on: Website: https://www.scmp.com Facebook:   / scmp   Twitter:   / scmpnews   Instagram:   / scmpnews   Linkedin:   / south-china-morning-post   #scmp #Asia #Indonesia