2019 Aftermath: Political Circus
Prabowo Subianto held a meeting with ulemas and political figures that support him in the 2019 presidential election on Tuesday (April 23) evening. His running mate Sandiaga Uno, meanwhile, gathered the secretary generals of all political parties of Prabowo-Sandi’s...
2019 Aftermath: Jakarta Vice Governorship
While the General Election Commission (KPU) is busy with their final tally, the Islamic party PKS urges the announcement of the new Vice Governor of Jakarta. One can understand why PKS did so. The said position should be theirs for accepting Sandiaga Uno’s nomination as Prabowo Subianto’s running mate. So was the deal. Will PKS finally get the vice governor position?
A Time for E-Voting?
Another crucial issue that came to surface after the implementation of the 2019 simultaneous presidential and legislative elections is the suggestion to separate the elections again following the death of election organizers and security officers due to fatigue. The implementation of the 2019 simultaneous presidential and legislative elections, as we all know, was the mandate of the Constitutional Court (MK).
A Call for Reconciliation
More and more parties are calling for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to meet with his arch rival Prabowo Subianto for a reconciliation. They want the country to be reunited after the 2019 presidential race. President Jokowi himself is keen to do so as the President has taken the initiative of sending Luhut Binsar Panjaitan as his envoy to arrange a meeting with Prabowo. But Prabowo has not yet received Luhut.
Elite Politics Comes into Play
Hours after pollsters released their quick counts pointing to reelection of president Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo and unilateral declaration of victory by challenger Prabowo Subianto, chairman of PP Muhammadiyah, the second largest Moslem organization in the country, Mr Haedar Nashir, offered the organization to ‘mediate’ the competing parties, and put an end months of tense rivalry and political polarization.
Election Results & The Likely Implications (2)
Provincial and regency leaders from three provinces were seen at the State Palace Monday (Apr 22). They came from the provinces of North Sulawesi, Bali, and East Nusa Tenggara. Other than thanking leaders in these provinces for significant lead in April 17 presidential election, incumbent candidate Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo discussed development issues to be addressed going forward.
Election Results & The Likely Implications (1)
According to real count from 16% of polling stations by the General Election Commission (KPU) as of 3.30PM Monday (Apr 22), Jokowi won 54.94% votes, a comfortable margin over Prabowo. Once again, while the margin is substially bigger than 2014 election, this is not quite the result Jokowi expected. Implications?
2019 Legislative Election: Regional Landscape
The quick counts of polling agencies for the 2019 legislative election show a significant change of regional landscape with the rise of Gerindra Party and Nasdem Party, and the decline of the Golkar Party.
2019 Presidential Race: Regional Landscape
As per this morning (April 22), the General Election Commission (KPU) has received 13.25% of C1 data from 107,774 out of the 813,350 polling stations (TPS) all over the country. The tally still points to the commanding lead of incumbent President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo with 54.59% of the votes over his challenger Prabowo Subianto (45.41%).
A Lonely Prabowo
Took less than 48 hours only to part ways. They were united, seen together in every single event. Those days are gone. President candidate Prabowo Subianto was on his own celebrating victory in April 17 election in front of his residence at Kertanegara, South Jakarta after attending Friday prayers at Al-Azhar Mosque nearby. Where was running mate Sandiaga Uno?