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Indonesian Presidential Campaign Heats Up with First Debate
ABC News

17 January 2019

Echoing the campaign tactics of Donald Trump, former Indonesian Gen. Prabowo Subianto says his country, the world’s third-largest democracy, is in dire shape and he is the leader who will restore it to greatness. Alexander Arifanto, an Indonesian politics expert at RSIS, said populist soundbites and slogans can narrow the race considerably but overcoming [Indonesia President] Joko Widodo’s “fortress” of support in the provinces of Central Java and East Java is still a stretch for Subianto.

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