JAKARTA (THE JAKARTA POST/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Early in the second administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo we have a glimpse of what its "focus on radicalism" looks like.

Two new regulations, signed separately on Nov 12, are sowing controversy. One is an anti- radicalism decree for civil servants; another is a presidential regulation on preventing radicalism and on the protection of law enforcers related to terrorism suspects and convicts.