Thursday, July 24, 2014

New posts this week: Jokowi has won, but it's not over because Prabowo is still singing.

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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