Malang, East Java, Jan. 26 -- Chief of the Presidential Staff (KSP) Moeldoko stated that President Joko Widodo's (Jokowi's) recent statement that the president and ministers have democratic and political rights to participate in campaigns is part of democracy education.

After conducting the Friday prayer in Singosari Sub-District, here on Friday, Moeldoko said the president's statement made recently was in accordance with the applicable law.

"The context of the president's (statement) recently was to provide democracy education. It is based on the law," Moeldoko remarked.

The rule regarding campaigns is regulated in Law No. 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections, which states that the president, the vice president, and other state offi...