PRESIDENT Joko Widodo’s support for Prabowo Subianto as a presidential candidate—as well as his plan to pair him with Gibran Rakabuming Raka—gives rise to a question: what about the quality of Indonesian democracy after the 2024 elections?

Prabowo is the presidential candidate proposed by the Gerindra Party. According to a number of polls, his electability is higher than that of Ganjar Pranowo, the candidate of the Indonesian D