Journal article
Forcing history: Prabowo and the new deal for Indonesia's elites
Australian Foreign Affairs, (22), pp.47-69
04/09/2024
Abstract
Prabowo Subianto, Indonesia’s president come 20 October, is many things. He is, at least for these last political moments, Indonesia’s defence minister in the second- term Joko Widodo government. He is a three- time loser of earlier presidential runs: first as Megawati Sukarnoputri’s vice- presidential candidate in 2009, and then in bruising campaigns in 2014 and 2019, against Jokowi. To Widodo, Prabowo is the torchbearer for his legacy, a political frenemy who is indebted to him for his 2024 electoral success. To tens of millions of young Indonesian voters, he is the cuddly, anointed successor of the beloved President Jokowi, with a penchant for daggy TikTok moves. To a cohort of voters with much longer memories, he is the veteran of a brutal and oppressive military who has devoted three decades of public life to weaponising agitation and extrajudicial violence in service of his own political ambitions…
Details
- Title
- Forcing history: Prabowo and the new deal for Indonesia's elites
- Authors/Creators
- Jacqui Baker - Murdoch University, Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Publication Details
- Australian Foreign Affairs, (22), pp.47-69
- Publisher
- Schwartz Media
- Identifiers
- 991005703769007891
- Copyright
- © Australian Foreign Affairs 2024
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Indo-Pacific Research Centre
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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