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View all search resultsJakarta-based Indikator Politik Indonesia polled 1,200 eligible voters aged 17 to 21 across the country to capture their opinions on social-political issues and found that they were dissatisfied with the current state of the country’s economy and democracy.
The chairman of the South Tangerang General Elections Commission (KPU South Tangerang), Bambang Dwitoro, died from COVID-19 on Saturday after a week of hospital treatment and shortly after the region took part in the 2020 regional elections.
Jokowi is acting on what he promised in his inauguration speech one year ago to clear all barriers to his agenda. Not only does he have nothing to lose in his final term, he has also grown stronger given that his coalition enjoys a majority in the House of Representatives that rivals Soeharto’s control of the legislative body.
Democratic and Islamic values are intrinsically aligned in Muslim-majority Indonesia, experts and activists have said, amid growing concerns about a rise in religious conservatism that seeks to undermine the country’s democratic institutions.
The top presidential aide has warned the group, which was formed the day after Independence Day 2020 to uphold the nation’s founding principles, of potential consequences if it did anything to disrupt national stability.
The trend of withdrawing from friends with different political opinions on social networking platforms also continued during the 2019 presidential election and has even been carried over to date, when people have different opinions about how the government should handle the pandemic.
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