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How to read Indonesia’s 2024 multi-level elections? National shifts and regional dynamics

Roundtable discussion / Debate

Poster of the eventOrganised by IRASEC and Géographie-cités,
Wednesday 15 January 2025 at 10.30-12.30,
ESSEC Business School, Asia-Pacific campus, Singapore.

 

In Indonesia, 2024 was punctuated by election campaigns and various ballots : presidential and legislative votes (February 14), then to renew 545 regional chiefs (November 27), most of whom were previously represented on an interim basis.
While some mass-based parties have experienced a setback, and the number of candidates from political dynasties has increased compared to previous elections, do these elections mark a renewal or, on the contrary, are they part of a continuity ? How should we interpret the large number of army and police officers (both active and veteran) appointed to the Cabinet of newly-elected President Prabowo Subianto ? Have the numerous modifications and manipulations of electoral regulations and mechanisms that have marked 2023 and 2024 eroded citizens’ confidence in the democratic system ?
To address these questions and many others, this conference brings together four Indonesian speakers on complementary themes, giving ample room for interaction with an audience of academics, experts, diplomats and the general public interested in this high-stakes post-election sequence.

 

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Speakers :

  • Dr. Alexander Arifianto (Senior Fellow/Coordinator of the Indonesia Programme at RSIS, Nanyang Technological University (NTU))
  • Syed Huzaifah bin Othman Alkaff (Associate Research Fellow with the Indonesia Programme, RSIS, NTU)
  • Dr. Nathanael Sumaktoyo (Assistant Professor of Political Science, National University of Singapore)
  • Dr. Wijayanto (Associate Professor in digital politics and democracy, Universitas Diponegoro)

 

Moderator : Dr. Gabriel Facal (Deputy director, IRASEC, Bangkok)

2 January 2025