Special Issue on the Indonesian General Election 2024 – 13 Feb 2024

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.

• No. 2: Deasy Simandjuntak, Visiting Fellow
• No. 8: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow 
• No. 9: Maria Monica Wihardja, Visiting Fellow
• No. 17: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
• No. 18: Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Visiting Fellow
• No. 27: Leo Suryadinata, Visiting Senior Fellow
• No. 29: Burhanuddin Muhtadi, Visiting Fellow
• No. 33: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
• No. 41: Made Supriatma, Visiting Fellow

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1. More celebrities are vying to be Members of Parliament. What’s the driving force?
Nivell Rayda
Channel News Asia, 13 February 2024
 
2. Daily Cuts – Indonesian Presidential Elections: eve of Polling Day [12-minute podcast]
Channel News Asia, 13 February 2024
 
3. Assessing Indonesia’s potential presidents’ South China Sea strategies
Aristyo Rizka Darmawan
East Asia Forum, 13 February 2024
 
4. Civil society questions election integrity
Dio Suhenda
Jakarta Post, 13 February 2024
 
5. Indonesia election 2024: is Prabowo Subianto poised for a first-round win? Survey numbers suggest so but voter turnout critical
Zuraidah Ibrahim and Amy Sood
South China Morning Post, 13 February 2024
 
6. Prabowo’s foreign policy and what it may mean for Australia
Gatra Priyandita
Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 12 February 2024
 
7. Menelaah kembali Gagasan Ketenagakerjaan dalam Debat Calon Presiden Indonesia [Re-examining Employment Ideas in the Indonesian Presidential Candidate Debate]
Adinova Fauri, Peneliti, Departemen Ekonomi, CSIS Indonesia
Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (Indonesia), 12 February 2024
 
8. Ethnic Chinese minority hopes for more representation, political stability
Olivia Marzuki and Jalelah Abu Baker
Channel News Asia, 12 February 2024
 
9. The Indonesian election will see more than 200 million head to the polls. Here’s what you need to know
Kathleen Magramo and Heather Chen
CNN, 12 February 2024
 
10. What Indonesia’s Presidential Election Means for the World
Parker Novak
Diplomat, 12 February 2024
 
11. Democracy can be an asset to Indonesia’s economic transformation
EAF editors, The Australian National University
East Asia Forum, 12 February 2024
 
12. A popular anti-populist’s exit poses a challenge for Indonesia
Ruchir Sharma
Financial Times, 12 February 2024
 
13. Election 2024: Indonesia decides
Warief Djajanto Basorie
Interpreter, 12 February 2024
 
14. Analysis: PDI-P struggles to stay top, Islamists losing ground in 2024 vote
Tenggara Strategics
Jakarta Post, 12 February 2024
 
15. Central Java KPU proposes voting delay in flooded Demak
Jakarta Post, 12 February 2024
 
16. Vote-buying shadows Feb. 14 election
AFP
Jakarta Post, 12 February 2024
 
17. Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election: Who are the candidates?
Tan Min-Wei
Mothership, 12 February 2024
 
18. Indonesians want a more diverse legislature
Eve Warburton, Edward Aspinall, Diego Fossati, Burhanuddin Muhtadi & Sally White
New Mandala, 12 February 2024
 
19. How do Indonesian businesspeople manage risks in electoral participation?
Ahmad Syarif Syechabubakr
New Mandala, 12 February 2024
 
20. The Role of Islam and Political Dynamics Shaping the 2024 Elections in North Sumatra
Leonard C. Sebastian, Donni Edwin
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 February 2024
 
21. The Role of Islam and Political Dynamics Ahead of the 2024 Elections in South Sumatra
Leonard C. Sebastian, Donni Edwin
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 February 2024
 
22. The Role of Islam and Political Dynamics in the Run-up to the 2024 Elections in West Sumatra
Leonard C. Sebastian, Donni Edwin
S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 12 February 2024
 
23. Documentary on Indonesian elections ‘slanderous’, says Prabowo’s campaign team
Hariz Baharudin
Straits Times, 12 February 2024
 
24. Deepfakes and disinformation swirl ahead of Indonesian election – podcast [22-min podcast]
Gemma Ware
The Conversation, 12 February 2024
 
25. Apa yang gagal dilihat oleh ketiga capres-cawapres soal buruh perempuan? [What do the three presidential and vice presidential candidates fail to see regarding female workers?]
Eka Afrina Djamhari, Eksanti Amalia Kusuma Wardhani
The Conversation, 12 February 2024
 
26. Demi merawat demokrasi, universitas mesti bebas dari intervensi pemimpin negara yang otoriter [In order to maintain democracy, universities must be free from the intervention of authoritarian state leaders]
Ayu Anastasya Rachman
The Conversation, 12 February 2024
 
27. 新春遇大选 印尼华社提高警惕过年 [Chinese New Year encounters general election, Indonesian Chinese community increases vigilance during the New Year]
蓝云舟
联合早报, 12 February 2024
 
28. Q&A: Indonesia’s Prabowo Subianto ‘confident’ of election victory
Jessica Washington
Al Jazeera, 11 February 2024
 
29. Pollsters see Prabowo first-round knockout, but analysts say Anies, Ganjar still in the fight
Aqil Haziq Mahmud
Channel News Asia, 11 February 2024
 
30. In charts: how the Joko Widodo era remade modern Indonesia’s economy
A. Anantha Lakshmi and Andy Lin
Financial Times, 11 February 2024
 
31. Anies, Ganjar attend press freedom event, Prabowo absent
AFP
Jakarta Post, 11 February 2024
 
32. Indonesia’s Election Commission probing claims of pre-marked ballots
Alyaa Alhadjri
Malaysiakini, 11 February 2024
 
33. Everything you need to know about Indonesia’s 2024 presidential election
Sulaiman Daud
Mothership, 11 February 2024
 
34. As Indonesia goes to the polls, women and minority candidates face challenges
Niniek Karmini
APNews, 10 February 2024
 
35. Wealthy Indonesians Set to Win No Matter Who Becomes President
Philip Heijmans
Bloomberg, 10 February 2024
 
36. Ganjar wraps up campaign rally with ‘people’s celebration’
Yerica Lai
Jakarta Post, 10 February 2024
 
37. Prabowo-Gibran make final push before next week’s election
Radhiyya Indra
Jakarta Post, 10 February 2024
 
38. Anies-Muhaimin host final campaign rally in Jakarta
Radhiyya Indra
Jakarta Post, 10 February 2024
 
39. Cash aid transfer in limbo after Bansos controversy
Deni Ghifari
Jakarta Post, 10 February 2024
 
40. Indonesia election 2024: students protest Jokowi’s perceived lack of neutrality, but will movement impact voters?
Resty Woro Yuniar
South China Morning Post, 10 February 2024
 
41. In Indonesia, an admired president faces sharp criticism over election
Rebecca Tan, Winda Charmila
Washington Post, 10 February 2024
 
42. Indonesia fortifies financial resilience ahead of election
Muhammad Rafi Bakri, Audit Board of Indonesia, Yohanes Rama Adiwicaksana Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia
East Asia Forum, 9 February 2024
 
43. Jelang akhir kekuasaan Jokowi: 2 warisan kontroversial yang memengaruhi lanskap politik Indonesia [Towards the end of Jokowi’s rule: 2 controversial legacies influencing Indonesia’s political landscape]
Aniello Iannone
The Conversation, 9 February 2024
 
44. In Indonesia, Papuans’ unique ‘noken’ voting system faces an uncertain future
Dandy Koswaraputra
Benar News, 8 February 2024
 
45. Mobilisasi politik di pesantren: bagaimana keterbatasan akses digital dan kuatnya peran kiai menentukan arah dukungan dalam pemilu [Political mobilization in pesantren: how limited digital access and the strong role of kiai determine the direction of support in elections]
Asep Muizudin Muhamad Darmini
The Conversation, 8 February 2024

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