Posts with tag: Jokowi
Elite machinations pose major challenge to Golkar’s future
2024 Indonesian Elections, PoliticsThe Munaslub will show whether or not the party is subject to external coercion. If it is, the party could lose its core identity as an internally competitive party, as it its decision making could become dictated by party oligarchs and external powers.
Jokowi's bicycle diplomacy
Foreign Policy, PoliticsWhen President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo invited Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for a bike ride around the Presidential Palace, many Australians were surprised. But bicycles have long been part of Jokowi's image crafting strategy.
Talking Indonesia: the road to 2024
2024 Indonesian Elections, Elections, Politics, Talking IndonesiaWho are some of the likely candidates to emerge in the next race for president in 2024? What issues are expected to dominate campaigning? Dr Jemma Purdey discusses these issues and more with Dr Phillips Vermonte in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.
Academic freedom under fire: constitutional law scholars threatened over impeachment talk
Analysis, Human Rights, LawAdburrachman Satrio examines the recent cancellation of a Constitutional Law Society seminar at Gadjah Mada University and asks: is the Jokowi government really so different to the New Order?
Getting the numbers on coronavirus in Indonesia
Analysis, Policies, Public healthModelling indicates an urgent need for action by the government, health authorities, and the public, writes Ben Phillips
Investment at all costs: Jokowi fails the coronavirus test
Analysis, Economy, Politics, Public healthPresident Joko Widodo's focus on the economy led him to initially ignore the seriousness of the coronavirus threat, writes Ahmad Syarif Syechbubakr.
Jokowi’s call to stall mining law revisions rings hollow as deliberations proceed
Environment, Law, Natural ResourcesDespite mass student protests and an intervention by the president, legislators last week picked up where they left off on dangerous revisions to the mining law, write JATAM’s Merah Johansyah and Alwiya Shahbanu.
The danger of rejecting democracy for the sake of economic growth
Analysis, PoliticsAs observers warn of Indonesia’s democratic retreat, Dr Robertus Robet questions the growing belief that authoritarianism is a shortcut to development
When is a tadpole like a bat? The riddle of Indonesia’s vanishing political divide
20 Years After Soeharto, 2019 Indonesian Elections, Analysis, Corruption, Elections, Environment, Politics, SocietyAs former arch-rivals Jokowi and Prabowo team up, Airlangga Pribadi Kusman asks how different their positions were to begin with.