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2024-02-17 03:30 United Daily News Editorial The Indonesian election ended on the 14th. Defense Minister Prabowo is expected to become the new president and become Jokowi’s successor; Jakarta pointed out…
The Indonesian presidential election has come to an end. Although the final results have not yet been released, quick vote counting data shows that the partner of former Defense Minister Prabowo and current President Joko Widodo’s son Jibrang won nearly 60% of the votes and is expected to surpass half of the votes in the first round. Threshold won, and Prabowo has declared himself elected. Prabowo, who has been pursuing his presidential dream, finally won the presidency with the blessing of Jokowi. Jokowi was the kingmaker of this presidential election, and he also used his son to lay the groundwork for power expansion.
Indonesia’s general election is intriguing. Although the focus is on Prabowo, what is even more surprising is Joko Widodo and his strange compromise. Prabowo, a former “military leader”, has competed for the presidency twice in the past, but was defeated by “civilian President” Joko Widodo both times. This shows that Indonesians are very disgusted with his past record of military dictatorship. Jokowi has been in power for ten years and still has nearly 80% support so far. Prabowo knows that if he wants to win, he must take advantage of his high popularity. Therefore, in this election, he transformed into the successor of Jokowi’s line and started anew with a new image.
After losing the election for the second time five years ago, Prabowo knew that Jokowi’s political power was indestructible, so he resigned to serve as Jokowi’s defense minister to erase his mark as a military leader who was Suharto’s son-in-law. In order to seek Jokowi’s full support, he specially found Jokowi’s eldest son Jibrang as his deputy, playing the role of a low-key presidential candidate. This careful arrangement allowed Jokowi to abandon Ganjar, the candidate nominated by his own party, and fully support Prabowo’s election. It also paved the way for Gibran’s political succession five years later.
The most surprising thing about this election is that after just ten years in power, Jokowi is no longer the “amateur president” that people were familiar with in the past. Relying on his high popularity, he conquered east and west, actively building his own “Jokowi Dynasty”. For example, the 36-year-old eldest son Jibrang was originally just a pancake businessman. Under Jokowi’s deliberate cultivation, he was successfully elected as the mayor of Solo, Central Java four years ago; Solo is the political center of Jokowi. The place of fortune. In addition, his son-in-law Bobby, who is a real estate developer, was also elected mayor of Medan, the largest city in Sumatra, in 2019 with the support of Jokowi. In order to help the family win young votes, Jokowi’s second son Shankai established the “Indonesia Unity Party” and served as the party chairman, playing an important role in this election.
What has been much discussed this time is that Jibrang, who is only 36 years old, was originally not eligible to run for president or vice president according to the Indonesian constitution. However, the Indonesian Constitutional Court made an exception and interpreted the constitution, and finally confirmed that as long as he has The governing experience of local chiefs is not subject to the restriction of 40 years old to run for president and vice president, which is equivalent to opening a back door for Gibran. The justice who made this constitutional interpretation was Jokowi’s “brother-in-law” Anwar. Although Anwar eventually resigned under pressure from public opinion, it did not affect the outcome of the constitutional interpretation. This practice of not avoiding relatives during internal promotion has been criticized by the outside world.
Jokowi has been in power for ten years. Taking advantage of Indonesia’s demographic dividend and his diplomatic strategy of not choosing sides between the United States and China, Indonesia has become the country with the fastest economic growth in Southeast Asia. However, his ambitious plan to move the capital to “Nusantara” has become a lingering nightmare for his successors due to its high cost. As a civilian mayor, Joko Widodo broke the political monopoly of the Megawati family and wrote a legendary page. Unexpectedly, after reaching the top of politics, he attempted to create a family dynasty of his own. It is true that power is addictive and corrupts!
In contrast, the Tsai administration has been in power for eight years, and there are many such cases. What is different from Indonesia is that Jokowi is a “family, country, and the world”, while the Democratic Progressive Party, which is fully in power, is a “party-state and the world.” Public undertakings, independent agencies, and the media and cyber army are all involved in green energy, including new energy and military industries. The industry is spread like a whip.
Looking at Taiwan’s new party-state system from the prosperous days of Joko Widodo’s country, we see that power corrupts people, and the trajectory is exactly the same.
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