Clash of Party Chiefs
With elections for regional chief executives just around the corner, the chairpersons of Indonesia's major political partiesSusilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Megawati Soekarnoputri and Prabowo Subiantowent on the campaign trail to support their candidates running in the Jakarta gubernatorial election. But pundits say this could also be a test of the political waters and an early start to the 2019 presidential election. Early election fever?
February 14, 2017
Election Campaigning for Today and Tomorrow
Candidates and their supporters are putting everything on the line to win the 2017 Jakarta gubernatorial election and perhaps a warm-up for the presidential election in 2019.
Before discussing the charges leveled against him, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) talked about how a leader can regress to become a tyrant. A dictator, said SBY, who was Indonesia's sixth president, can emerge when he begins to fear t
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