Bogor, March 21 -- Incumbent President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) reiterated his call for the entire nation not to believe in fake news, false information, and slander ahead of this year's presidential election, due to be held on April 17.
"Ahead of this year's parliamentary and presidential elections, hoaxes, slander, and false information are being widely proliferated. So, please be careful," he told the attendees of an event for distributing land certificates in Bogor, West Java, on Thursday.
The fake news, groundless information, and slander have been circulated through various social media platforms and directly to community members, he said, urging people to remain alert over such misleading information on various issues.
Among the issu...