Indonesian election
Indonesian court knocks back calls for presidential election re-run
The ruling has sparked street protests from backers of the failed presidential candidates, who had both claimed fraud.
- by Zach Hope
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Claims of widespread fraud as ex-military strongman is declared Indonesian president
The runner-up duo has now lodged legal action alleging Joko Widodo’s son was ineligible to run despite a court’s green light.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
‘Not too many surprises’: Prabowo, Indonesia’s fiery next president, vows good neighbourly relations
The prickly ex-general on Friday welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles to Jakarta to speak about people smuggling, the Navy and an upgraded defence agreement.
- by Zach Hope
How a Pixar-esque makeover helped put a military hardman in the palace
Long the loser, former military hardman Prabowo Subianto is expected to become Indonesia’s next president. This is how he did it.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Blindsided: The crash that rocked boardrooms and Australia’s wealthy investors
Nickel was a rising star of Australia’s battery-driven green energy mining boom, but then events in Indonesia changed everything.
- by Simon Johanson and Colin Kruger
‘Gentler’ strongman Prabowo looks to have scored first-round knockout
If confirmed in the official tally next month, the 72-year-old would fulfil a decades-long dream of high office. Victory would also install the 36-year-old son of popular incumbent Joko Widodo as the nation’s vice president.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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Prabowo derided outsiders but he doesn’t mind Australians
The man in line to be Indonesia’s next president has a long memory. He hasn’t forgotten what Australians did in 1945 to support his country’s independence.
- by Zach Hope
Shadow of 1998 hangs over Jakarta’s Chinatown on poll day
Presidential favourite Prabowo Subianto, a former general with a murky past, has a complicated relationship with Indonesia’s Chinese community.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Opinion
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This election is critical to Australia, so why aren’t we paying attention?
Indonesia’s presidential election tomorrow will mark a new era for one of our nearest neighbours and the world’s most populous Muslim-majority nation.
- by Peter Hartcher
Deepfake dead dictator Suharto back on the campaign trail
A quarter of a century after his fall from power and 16 years after his death, Indonesia’s second president’s out campaigning.
- by Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies
Late Indonesian president Suharto appears as a deepfake
The Indonesian political party Golkar have digitally brought a dictator back from the dead for the 2024 presidential campaign trail.
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