Indonesia Jokowi PDI-P era

Doctrine — stated goals and content

Developmentalist infrastructure-push presidency combining public- works acceleration, resource-downstreaming nationalism, and a progressive consolidation of executive power. First-term flagship was an unprecedented infrastructure build-out (toll roads, MRT Jakarta, Trans-Sumatra, Trans-Papua, Patimban port) financed by fuel-subsidy cuts Nov 2014 and the tax amnesty of 2016. Second- term pivoted harder: the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (UU Cipta Kerja, enacted 5 Oct 2020) cut labour protections and streamlined licensing, the nickel export ban (Jan 2020) drove a downstream smelter boom and FDI from Chinese stainless-steel and EV-battery groups, and the Nusantara new-capital law (Feb 2022) committed Indonesia to relocating the capital to East Kalimantan. A VAT hike 10%→11% took effect April 2022. Institutional moves included the Sept 2019 KPK law revision weakening the anti-corruption commission, a Constitutional-Court decision (Oct 2023) clearing Jokowi's son Gibran to run as VP with Prabowo, and PDI-P co-option of former rivals. Coherence: moderate — developmentalist and nationalist-industrial in policy content, illiberal on institutions, and orthodox on headline fiscal.