Protests against Indonesia election law change spark fears of constitutional crisis

Indonesia’s legislature postponed ratifying changes to the election law amid massive protests on Thursday as demonstrators attempted to tear down the gates of the parliament building in Jakarta. The proposed changes were seen as a move to strengthen the influence of outgoing president Joko Widodo, not least by allowing his 29-year-old son Kaesang Pangarep to run in the Central Java election in November and blocking a critic of his government from running for Jakarta governor. The delay in ratification was due to the lack of quorum and it was uncertain...