Tag: Jokowi

The 2019 Race: Riau (2)

All of the regional heads in Riau announced their endorsement of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday (Oct. 10). This is a massive support for Jokowi coming from the region that Jokowi lost to Prabowo in the 2014 presidential race.

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On Jokowi’s Electability

Eight months ago, we compared President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s electability ahead of the 2019 election with the electability of his predecessor Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) ahead of the 2009 race. We did so to get a better understanding on Jokowi’s position in the race and thus his chance at winning. The Saiful Mujani Research & Consulting (SMRC) has done the same analysis recently.

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The 2019 Race: South Sumatera

South Sumatera was another province won by Prabowo Subianto in 2014 election, albeit by a narrow margin. He secured 2,132,163 votes (51.26%), whereas Joko “Jokowi” Widodo collected 2,027,049 votes (48.74%). But this time, in 2019 Prabowo might lose the province to Jokowi.

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Gus Dur’s Family’s Endorsement of Jokowi

The big family of the late President Abdurrahman Wahid a.k.a Gus Dur has endorsed President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin. In addition, nine organizations of Gus Dur’s supporters have also endorsed the incumbent pair. This is another blow for Prabowo Subianto-Sandiaga Salahuddin Uno who had expected the backing of Gus Dur’s family.

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The 2019 Race: Jokowi & Political Education

n Friday Sep. 21, at the General Election Commission (KPU)’s headquarters, incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo called for education in lieu of spreading hoax and slander during the campaign period. The content of Detik.com’s exclusive interview with the Minister of Environment & Forestry Siti Nurbaya Bakar may be a good example of such education. Instead of answering questions on deforestation with rhetorics, Minister Siti replied with data.

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The 2019 Race: Gorontalo

Gorontalo is one of the smallest provinces in Indonesia with around 1.1 million people. This is also one of the provinces that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo lost to Prabowo Subianto back in the 2014 race by quite a substantial margin. At the time, Prabowo secured 378,735 votes (63.10%) whereas Jokowi collected 221,497 votes (36.90%). Will things change now?

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Jokowi-Ma’ruf & 2019 Race

A day after the General Election Commission (KPU) declared President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Prabowo Subianto as presidential contenders, the President attended the reunion of the Gadjah Mada University (UGM) alumni and then, he went to Bali to officiate the opening of the long-awaited Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) statue. Jokowi’s running mate KH Ma’ruf Amin, meanwhile, resigned from his position as the supreme leader (Rais Aam) of the Nadhlatul Ulama (NU). KH Miftachul Akhyar is his replacement.

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Towards Agrarian Reform

Last Week, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo issued the Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 8/2018. This Inpres requires all State officials to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations temporarily (moratorium) and to evaluate oil palm plantations. This Inpres was signed in the midst of criticisms that the Government is only focused on distributing land certificates and is not serious in handling agrarian problems as a whole.

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The Case for EVs in Indonesia

Jakarta city administration pledged to start using electric bus for public transportation this year pursuant to the suggestion from President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo. Then vice governor Sandiaga Uno, who is now running mate for Jokowi’s competitor Prabowo Subianto, said the program will be started for trial operations in some routes of trans-Jakarta. The program was responded with a plan from PT Mobil Anak Bangsa (MAB) to supply 10 units of electric bus to PT Trans Jakarta.

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The 2019 Race: Day One

The campaign period for the 2019 presidential and legislative elections has kicked off Sunday (Sept 23) with a little incident during the signing of a declaration pledging a peaceful campaign, wherein Indonesia’s sixth president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY), leader of Democratic Party and supporter of Prabowo-Sandiaga, left the event earlier.

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Buddhist Communities & 2019 Politics

On Tuesday (Sep. 18), at the State Palace in Jakarta, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo opened the first national congress (Munas) of Permabudhi, a new organization established by Buddhist communities in Indonesia to bridge the relation between the religion (Buddhist) and the State. This event deserves our attention because Permabudhi has explicitly endorsed Jokowi in the 2019 race, and because the organization is filled with influential figures and business people.

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