15 April 2019
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- “It’s Going to be Close”: As Indonesia Heads to the Polls, Identity Politics Loom Large
“It’s Going to be Close”: As Indonesia Heads to the Polls, Identity Politics Loom Large
Indonesia, the world’s third-largest democracy, will vote Wednesday in presidential and legislative elections, casting ballots at 800,000 polling stations set up across an archipelago of more than 17,000 islands. “Islam is going to be a far more important player in the near future of Indonesian politics,” said Alexander R. Arifianto, team leader of an Indonesia elections research project at RSIS.
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Last updated on 16/04/2019