Asialink Webinar Series: Indonesia's Next President

The Asialink webinar on Indonesia's Next President discussed the implications of the elections for the future of Indonesia, the current state of the country, and how the change at the top will affect Australia-Indonesia relations.

Elections on 14 February gave Prabowo Subianto an overwhelming victory in the three-cornered contest to be Indonesia's next president. Voters also chose a new national parliament and membership of regional and district legislatures in the world's biggest single day election. Almost 205 million voters registered to cast ballots for candidates across these four-tiers of government.

But all eyes were on who would replace President Joko Widodo after a decade in power. Despite his popularity at the ballot box, Prabowo, 72, represents a gamble for a still insecure democracy. He could take Indonesia back to an earlier style of uncompromising leadership. Moreover, his vice president, Widodo's son, Gibran Rakabuming Raka, is untested in a senior leadership role.

On 21 March 2024, experts in the field of Indonesian politics discussed the implications of the elections for the future of Indonesia, the current state of the country, and how the change at the top will affect Australia-Indonesia relations.

Speakers

• Professor Vedi Hadiz, Director, Asia Institute at the University of Melbourne
• Professor Poppy Sulistyaning Winanti, Professor of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Gadjah Mada University
• Kevin Evans, Indonesia Director, Australia Indonesia Centre
• Don Greenlees, Senior Advisor Asialink

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