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View all search resultsIndonesia's proposed law against disinformation and foreign propaganda, which suggests cross-border applicability in the ongoing clampdown on government critics, could throw a spanner in the works of its bilateral relationship with Australia.
Entering into the second year of his presidency, the public will be watching his policies and programs closely with regard to his campaign promises, ultimately judging whether his administration delivers tangible economic and welfare outcomes.
As history has shown with regard to past Olympic boycotts, a similar move against this year's World Cup will be an equally futile, symbolic maneuver that achieves nothing more than moral signaling and spectacle, in addition to harming sport’s potentials as a soft power.
It is not too far a stretch of our collective imagination to deduce that antidemocratic forces have continued to whittle away at the hard-won gains of the Indonesian people, when nearly three decades since the precipitous events that led to massive sociopolitical reform, those who have benefited from direct elections are now seeking retrogression.