Please enjoy these updates on the election as well as other news:
"Indonesia gets a new president and a boost for democracy," by Ross B Taylor, July 2014.
Jokowi
won. But with 47% of voters choosing an authoritarian leader, the
polarisation of democratic expectations is vast. Will Prabowo make
Jokowi's leadership impossibly difficult?
"We was robbed," by Liam Gammon, July 2014.
Liam's
excellent analysis of the chain of events in the last two weeks is a
must read. Prabowo is a master of strategic chaos and while his claims
are dubious at best, his quick count claims and attack on the KPU have
allowed him to create at least a semblance of legitimacy for allegations
of fraud.
"Battered by election, Indonesia's new president faces party clash," by Kanupriya Kapoor and Randy Fabi, July 2014.
While
Jokowi represents the new face of Indonesian democracy, he still
belongs to a party chaired by elites as established and politically
vested as Prabowo Subianto. Megawati Sukarno Putri is herself heir to a
political dynasty and her daughter Puan is the next in line. Joko won
the fight but the battle is far from over in the quest to cement and
reinforce pluralism and democratisation.
Extra reading:
It
didn't take long to find an entire town where the Joko-Kalla team
received zero votes. In a stunning display of what patrimonialism and
cronysism can do, Ketapang district managed to control all of its
votes.
But
Prabowo alleges massive electoral fraud by victor Jokowi, as many as 21
million questionable votes, and is taking his hubris to the
Constitutional Court.
Prabowo
withdrew from the vote recapitulation, not as a presidential candidate,
but that was not immediately clear during his announcement, neither did
his campaign party know what the hell was going on.
Other news:
Asian au pairs could be a great solution for Australian and Indonesian families.
The Australian Consortium for in Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) has a position on offer for a Program Manager. Check it out at AIYA's site.
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