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View all search resultsCivil movements and members of the general public have taken to the street, fought in courtrooms and voiced their concerns online against policymakers’ controversial decisions, with some campaigns having evolved to social movements to aid ones affected by disasters.
The April 17 elections have come and gone. Except that they haven’t, certainly not for Prabowo Subianto, Sandiaga Uno, their supporters and those who have a vested interest in the two becoming president and vice president for the 2019-2024 term.
An Islamic youth group has called on young Muslims to stay away from planned protests against the election results to be announced in Jakarta on Wednesday and offers youths in Bogor alternative ways to spend the day.
Prabowo asserted that he will continue to mobilize people power against the “deception” infecting the democratization process. The current controversy raises two serious legal questions. First, is the people power movement, as the government has alleged, treasonous? Second, does the government response to the movement threaten to muzzle our democracy and contravene Indonesians’ human rights?
The government is anticipating potential trouble ahead of the wrap-up of the official vote tally on May 22, amid reports that supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto are planning to take to the streets to challenge the election result.
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