Special Issue on the Indonesian General Election 2024 – 9 Feb 2024

This alert service contains articles focusing on the 2024 Indonesian General Election which will be held on 14 Feb.

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This special issue of Daily News Alert includes the following commentaries and citations attributed to ISEAS – Yusof Ishak Institute and its researchers. You can click on the links to go to the articles directly.


1. Indonesia Elections 2024: No first lady? Frontrunner Prabowo’s single status turns spotlight on ‘state’s mother’ role
Kiki Siregar
Channel News Asia, 9 February 2024
 
2. Commentary: The price tag of presidential campaign pledges in Indonesia
Enrico Tanuwidjaja
Channel News Asia, 9 February 2024
 
3. Presidential candidates make final campaign push before polls
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 9 February 2024
 
4. Be transparent about ‘bansos’
Jakarta Post, 9 February 2024
 
5. Indonesia’s fragile democracy faces badly flawed election
Angguntari Ceria Sari
Asia Times, 8 February 2024
 
6. Should Indonesians feel guilt over Timor-Leste when voting for president?
David Hutt
Benar News, 8 February 2024
 
7. Indonesian merchandise businesses cash in on election fever
Chandni Vatvani
Channel News Asia, 8 February 2024
 
8. West Papua safe for election, police chief says
Jakarta Post, 8 February 2024
 
9. Ganjar-Mahfud to refrain from tax hike if elected
Jakarta Post, 8 February 2024
 
10. Candidates offered ‘normative’ education, health solutions in final debate
Radhiyya Indra
Jakarta Post, 8 February 2024
 
11. Dynastic politics are putting Indonesia’s democratic achievements at risk
Ella S. Prihatini
Nikkei Asia, 8 February 2024
 
12. Indonesia presidential hopefuls muted on China dependence
Erwida Maulia and Ismi Damayanti
Nikkei Asia, 8 February 2024
 
13. Generative AI may change elections this year. Indonesia shows how
Kate Lamb, Fanny Potkin and Ananda Teresia
Reuters, 8 February 2024
 
14. Indonesia president not meddling with election, backs Prabowo for continuity – loyalist
Reuters, 8 February 2024
 
15. Indonesia’s youth want jobs and lower cost of living from the next president
Linda Yulisman
Straits Times, 8 February 2024
 
16. 中爪哇遭强攻 斗争派民主党牛棚不牢 [Central Java under attack, the “bullpen” of the struggle Democratic Party is not secure]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 8 February 2024
 
17. Indonesia election 2024: calls grow for government to relook dual citizenship ban amid ‘brain drain’
Johannes Nugroho
South China Morning Post, 7 February 2024



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