We talked to two political scientists to understand more about young people’s political preferences as Indonesia slowly gears up for the 2024 elections.
Constitutional Court justices read out their ruling over in the 2019 presidential election dispute hearing.
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Björn Dressel, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Providing the first empirical analysis of the court’s performance in high-profile cases between 2004 and 2016, our research indicates that its independence from the government remains intact.
The violence in the aftermath of the Indonesian elections has abated, but deep tensions remain.
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While the riots in Jakarta have been brought under control, the deeper religious tensions that have polarised Indonesia will present a major challenge for Jokowi’s second term.
A performance at one of hip hop scenes in Wijilan, Yogyakarta.
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Theoretically, nothing is “authentic” in hip hop culture.
President Joko Widodo (second right) and his vice-presidential running mate, Ma'ruf Amin (right), and their rivals, presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto (second left) and running mate Sandiaga Uno, pose with the electoral numbers that will represent them in next year’s presidential election, during a draw at the General Election Commission office in Jakarta in September.
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Incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo may have won hearts among potential voters by building roads, airports and ports, but his opponents can still bring him down with other issues.
The big question around Indonesia’s presidential election is whether it will be able to provide a new kind of political leadership.
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Indonesians will next month cast their votes in their third presidential election since the end of president Suharto’s “New Order” regime in 1998. The new democracy has struggled to establish effective…