Indonesia Election

[mersaylee]

On 2/14/2024 at 1:51 PM, Benarsenal said:

But they don't give as much coverage to Philippine, Vietnam etc. There seems to be lots and lots of stories about this Indo election every day, starting from last year.

CNA is asean centric...indo as our nearest huge neighbour...a lot at stake...our eagles have been in the air early...TDD is tomorrow...need rehearsal one meh? 😂

[Beregond]

Indonesia is the world 4th highest population country.

And their encomny rank is 16? ( if I remember correctly)

They can easily become the next superpower  if things go right.  

Can expect alot of  news to pay attention to them 

[Wt_know]

On 2/14/2024 at 3:39 PM, Beregond said:

They can easily become the next superpower  if things go right.  

many neighbour countries can become superpower “if” things go right

now all going left right centre

their leaders circling round and round back to square 1 

including msia, thailand, philipine, even vietnam can do “better”

we should be “grateful” …  

Edited February 14, 2024 by Wt_know

[Beregond]

On 2/14/2024 at 3:43 PM, Wt_know said:

many neighbour countries can become superpower “if” things go right

now all going left right centre

the leaders circling round and round back to square 1

we should be “grateful” …  

Some of our neighbours are really getting from bad to worst.

But indonesia have been growing steady last 10 years. 

Very different from last time. As long as they have political stability.  I see them becoming a power house in 10 years.

 

[Atonchia]

On 2/14/2024 at 2:54 PM, mersaylee said:

CNA is asean centric...indo as our nearest huge neighbour...a lot at stake...our eagles have been in the air early...TDD is tomorrow...need rehearsal one meh? 😂

I was at Istana open house....

Also heard jets in the afternoon..... 

Probably getting back to PLAB, because I still remember Istana is Restricted zone, no aircraft can fly over it.

Edited February 14, 2024 by Atonchia

[Voodooman]

On 2/7/2024 at 3:46 PM, mersaylee said:

Lai lai lai...in a week's time it's their erection again...Joko seems to be in favour among electorates with his son as running mate of Prabowo despite the controversial latter...i wonder does our miw prefer someone else...🤔

TD anni has a more important reminder to us all...😂

 

 

A landslide victory for Prabowo.  One decisive round which few were expecting as it is not easy to win >50% votes and >20% in each province.

Joko is really the man. Mega must be pissed.  

https://amp.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3251920/indonesia-election-2024-polls-close-race-defence-minister-prabowo-subianto-favoured-win

[Watwheels]

Win election is one thing, to lead the country is another. Anyway I have low expectations for religion centric countries. 

[mersaylee]

Expected the pair to win but not so closed to 60%...Joko clout is strong...deciding young voters like him a lot...no lao peh like the son just the same? 🤔

Hope they can continue with Joko policies...to compete peacefully is betterer...or so I tink 😂

 

[Jman888]

so confirm the capital will be relocated from Jakarta to Nusantara in East Kalimantan?

[Benarsenal]

On 2/16/2024 at 9:08 AM, Jman888 said:

so confirm the capital will be relocated from Jakarta to Nusantara in East Kalimantan?

Confirm. Already moving liao

[Kklim]

https://www.commondreams.org/news/prabowo-subianto

"Gen. Prabowo is the most notorious massacre general in Indonesia, and he's also the general who was closest to the U.S. as he was carrying out his mass killings, abductions of activists, and systematic tortures," said Nairn. "He was also the son-in-law of the former dictator of Indonesia, Gen. Suharto."

Prabowo, who trained at Fort Benning in Georgia, joined the elite Kopassus commando unit in 1976, shortly after then-U.S. President Gerald Ford and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger greenlighted the genocidal Indonesian invasion of East Timor after the former Portuguese colony declared independence.

Over the following two decades, around 200,000 people—approximately a quarter of East Timor's population—were killed or died from starvation or disease.

"He is the general, most importantly, who led many of the massacres in East Timor after the Indonesian army invaded," Nairn said of Prabowo. "In one case, in the village of Kraras, Prabowo and his forces killed hundreds of fleeing civilians. He later was involved in other massacres and directing assassinations of political activists in Aceh and West Papua."

Nairn and Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman witnessed and survived a 1991 massacre of hundreds of East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in Dili. Nairn was also briefly jailed by Indonesia's military in 1999 and subsequently deported.

Prabowo also allegedly orchestrated the worst atrocity of the period immediately preceding Suharto's 1998 fall from power. Kopassus troops under Prabowo's command led the mass rape and murder of at least 160 Chinese-Indonesian women and girls—many of whom were reportedly burned to death after being sexually assaulted—and the slaughter of hundreds of other Indonesians of Chinese origin.

[Victor68]

Yet to know if he is back to his old days given his history. Of course today SEA maybe different from those days but the instigators are still lurking and hoping to distory us. 

[mersaylee]

His first few policies will tell...hope they are aligned with Bapak Jokowi's visions...however, given his previous role as DM...sure to include modernising the military hardware...can only hope the purchases are limited to defence capability...